For Sale First Edition

For Sale

1st edition thus. ~ Paperback, VG. xiv+332pp, index, cheap paper browned at the edges, spine a little creased. a good copy. ~ Biography of the poet Robert Browning & his inner trials.

New 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Paperback First Thus Excellent biography of the infamous libertine placing him in perspective, unravelling his complex life against the turbulent background of revolutionary France.

Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Very Good Cloth First Edition Excellent biography of the infamous libertine placing him in perspective, unravelling his complex life against the turbulent background of revolutionary France. With bibliography and index.

Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall No Jacket Cloth First Edition Excellent biography of the infamous libertine placing him in perspective, unravelling his complex life against the turbulent background of revolutionary France. With bibliography and index.

1st Printing. 9.2 x 6.36 x 1.42 Crisp Tight Clean copy ! 448 pages. 8084

Condition: Very Good. :: Further Information: No precis available. ::

Condition: Very Good - in Good DJ. Some wear at DJ edges with a small (1cm) nick bottom front centre. :: Further Information: This exciting story is set among the splendours of Regency London and Brighton, in Naples and Paris, as well as on the battlefields of Vitoria and Waterloo. Tollemache is fictitious but the other major characters are historical figures: Napolean, the Prince Regent, Wellington, and the Duke of York. In the story itself it is the most unlikely incidents which are, in fact, true. Tollemache's adventures expose the reality behind many of the Napoleonic and Regency legends, and they make gripping reading.(Out of Print) First Edition. ::

James Thomas Brudenall, Seventh Earl of Cardigan, was probably the most hated and adulated man of his time. Dragoon, hussar, huntsman, landholder, adulterer and duellist, he waited for almost sixty years for his moment of glory. When it came it took place in an obscure Crimean valley and lasted only twenty minutes - but the Charge of the Light Brigade was one of the defining moments of history, and as its leader Cardigan instantly became a national hero.Yet the Balaclava incident was merely one of several peaks in Cardigan's career, which included the most remarkable proceedings for divorce, criminal conversation, and criminal libel; one of the greatest court-martial scandals of the century; a very public and un-Victorian love affair with a woman less than half his age; and a number of 'matters of honour', one of which earned him the distinction of being the only Victorian peer to be tried by the House of Lords. Donald Thomas has scoured not only family papers but every significant newspaper of the times. Here he weaves it all together to give not only an astonishing biography, but also a gripping portrayal of the Crimean War and of 19th Century military society.