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GREGORY**, PHILIPPA: : THE KING'S CURSE.** [The Cousins' War.] [Waterstones Exclusive Edition.]

LONDON.SIMON & SCHUSTER UK LTD.,2014.

ISBN 9780857207562.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. A Waterstones Exclusive Edition.Lavishly bound,including additional histories of key locations from the novel.For this edition the first use of this design's features of the dust jacket include the style of type,the soft touch matt lamination with gold foil,spot UV and embossing on the title and author's name,the spine,back cover and the inner flaps.These were to be continued from this same dw/dj style to 'THE TAMING OF THE QUEEN' - see my book ID rja1039023 - another Waterstones Exclusive Edition.] FINE-/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,dark brown background with a colour pictorial illustrated front panel of dw/dj,of a painting portrait of Henry VIII by an unknown Tudor artist based on the Whitehall mural by Holbein,with a bright,crisp,embossed, gilt single-line border with embossed gilt decoration to top half of the sides+top of same with capitalised,glossy,embossed white-lettered title and capitalised,embossed,bright and crisp, gilt-lettered author name and other white lettering within the border,similarly coloured+ capitalised lettered dark brown background of spine/backstrip with miniature colour portrait from front illustration,and white-illustrated+ lettered publisher's colophon to foot; rear panel with repeated border design from front,but with all sides with embossed flat printed gold colour decoration and white-lettered prose extracts within.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks tears or splits present - one tiny snick/closed tear to top,rear corner tip of dw/dj - no other nicks,tears or splits present.Head+foot of spine /backstrip with gentle,miniscule pushing and reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned but without foxing/spotting. Publisher's bright,crisp,overall clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/ backstrip with brown,repeated montaged illustrated endpapers - the graffiti of Geoffrey Pole's signature found carved on a wall in the Tower of London and a plan of the Tower.'The Tower of London' from 'London Volume II',by Charles Knight,1841.Internally,on rear panel and near the rear inner flap fold/crease,an indeterminate blemish - unremovable and non-removed,which has left a residual blemish to concomitant area of rear board - but not noticeable externally through the dw/dj.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-596pp [paginated] includes story,4 double-page genealogical trees [the Plantagenets as at the following dates: 29th November,1499,17th May,1521,9th December,1538 and 27th May,1541 respectively,an Author's Note, a bibliography - 7pp + 1pp Journals; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,Tudor & Plantagenet genealogical trees as at November,1499,a double-page b/w London,1499 map with b/w map Tudor England to reverse of recto of previous noted map,and as last page,author's note on her charity Gardens for Gambia. Her 'Cousins' War' novels reach their dramatic conclusion with 'The King's Curse',were the basis for the highly successful BBC series.The White Queen. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It is only the minimal exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall. Despite them,it really is still an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness. Regarded as yet another threat to the volatile King Henry VII's claim to the throne, Margaret Pole, cousin to Elizabeth of York (known as the White Princess) and daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, is married off to a steady and kind Lancaster supporter Sir Richard Pole. For his loyalty, Sir Richard is entrusted with the governorship of Wales, but Margaret s contented daily life is changed forever with the arrival of Arthur, the young Prince of Wales, and his beautiful bride, Katherine of Aragon. Margaret soon becomes a trusted advisor and friend to the honeymooning couple, hiding her own royal connections in service to the Tudors. After the sudden death of Prince Arthur, Katherine leaves for London a widow, and fulfills her deathbed promise to her husband by marrying his brother, Henry VIII. Margaret's world is turned upside down by the surprising summons to court, where she becomes the chief lady-in-waiting to Queen Katherine. But this charmed life of the wealthiest and "holiest" woman in England lasts only until the rise of Anne Boleyn, and the dramatic deterioration of the Tudor court. Margaret has to choose whether her allegiance is to the increasingly tyrannical king, or to her beloved queen; to the religion she loves or the theology which serves the new masters. Caught between the old world and the new, Margaret Pole has to find her own way as she carries the knowledge of an old curse on all the Tudors. 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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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