When Knights Were Bold
by TAPPAN, Eva March
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
When Knighthood Was in Flower is the debut novel of American author Charles Major written under the pseudonym, Edwin Caskoden. It was first published by Grosset & Dunlap in 1898 and proved an enormous success. According to the New York Times, in its third year on the market the book was still selling so well that it was #9 on the list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1900. The book spawned an entire industry of historical romantic novels and films.
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- Bookseller
- Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72366
- Title
- When Knights Were Bold
- Author
- TAPPAN, Eva March
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin,
- Place of Publication
- Boston:
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- Children's Literature, Medieval History, CHIVALRY
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