Buy this book on-line GRAHAM,WINSTON**: : The Grove of Eagles: a Novel of Elizabethan EnglandLONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1963. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/GOOD.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.
Bright,glossy laminated,colour illustrated
dw/dj,with black+grey lettering; with some
shelf-wear,creasing to edges and corners -some nicks and tears,some with loss,
present.Aged sellotape repair/
strengthening to slightly nicked/chipped
top edges dw/dj internally - which has bled through.Some further,similar repair in vicinity of foot of spine/backstrip,
extending slightly past said gutters' edges - a closed tear to rear panel sellotaped both internally & externally; these repairs having bled through too.
Dw/dj kept for completeness only - hence detailed description of it.Top edges dulled/dust-soiled,slightly aged with minimal sporadic foxing/spotting,fore-edges slightly aged with minimal faint foxing/spotting and fairly clean; contents
bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,
generally sharp-cornered - only top front corner bumped/dented,publisher's original plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,
stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a green+red striped headband and immaculate red+white Elizabethan Falmouth environs map to front pastedown and ffe; rear eps plain white with some light off-set foxing
and some minimal spotting.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,
1st edn,10-576pp [paginated] includes Books 1-5 comprising 10,6,9,13 and 11 chapters respectively,a postscript for purists,plus [unpaginated] half-title+
title pages,contents list/table and Books separator pages.
Historical novel,set in the latter years of Elizabeth I's reign.With the Spaniards holding Calais and parts of the Brittany coast,conditions for an attempt to conquer
England in the mid-fifteen-nineties were much more favourable to them than in 1588,
and sooner or later another Armada was bound to sail.In these circumstances,the story of such men as John Killigrew,
commanding a vital position on the Cornish
coast,is the story not only of their own lives but of the history of the time.
The mounting crisis of these years is seen through the eyes of Maughan Killigrew,John Killigrew's eldest son.In this way Winston Graham combines brilliantly the state of nations with the fate of individuals.Elizabethan England comes vividly to life,as do the Cornish men and women who play such a notable part.There are many outstanding character studies,not least that of Walter Ralegh.
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