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GREGORY**, PHILIPPA: : THE KINGMAKER'S DAUGHTER. [The Cousins' War.]

LONDON.SIMON & SCHUSTER UK Ltd.,2012.

ISBN 9780857207517.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and 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.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,mustard coloured headband and clean gold/gilt background illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-433pp [paginated] includes story,author's note,a 5pp bibliography; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title page,a dedication,b/w 1465 map with genealogical family tree (Houses of York, Lancaster and Tudor - 1465) to its reverse,a note on author's involvement with an African charity in Gambia and also 6pp blanks at the rear. Anne Neville and her sister Isabel are daughters of the most powerful magnate in 15th-century England,the Earl of Warwick,nicknamed the 'Kingmaker'. Ever ruthless,always plotting, in the absence of a son and heir,Warwick sets about using his daughters as pawns in his vicious political games. Anne grows from a delightful child,brought up at the court of Edward IV and his beautiful queen,Elizabeth Woodville,in intimacy and friendship with the family of Richard,Duke of Gloucester.Her life is overturned when her father turns on his former allies,escapes England and invades with an enemy army.Widowed at fourteen, fatherless,with her mother locked in sanctuary,and her sister a vengeful enemy, Anne faces the world alone. But fortune's wheel turns once again.Anne plots her escape from her sister's house,finds herself a husband in the handsome young Duke of Gloucester,and marries without permission,in secret.But danger still follows her.She finds that she has a mortal enemy in the most beautiful queen of England.Anne has to protect herself and her precious only son from the treacherous royal court,the deadly royal rival, and even from the driving ambition of her husband - Richard III. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK and all overseas buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free.Free P+p available UK only. ** N.B. US/CANADA customers please be aware: standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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