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Frederick the Great
by Mitford, Nancy:
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0140036539
- ISBN 13
- 9780140036534
- Seller
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Sherborne, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Penguin, 1973. 1st. ed. thus large format PBK. No. 3653. Index 304pp. + colour and b/w plates throughout. Slight scuffing on spine and back cover, o/w good copy.
Synopsis
Nancy Mitford (1904–1973) was born into the British aristocracy and, by her own account, brought up without an education, except in riding and French. She managed a London bookshop during the Second World War, then moved to Paris, where she began to write her celebrated and successful novels, among them The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate , about the foibles of the English upper class. Mitford was also the author of four biographies: Madame de Pompadour (1954), Voltaire in Love (1957), The Sun King (1966), and Frederick the Great (1970)—all available as NYRB classics. In 1967 Mitford moved from Paris to Versailles, where she lived until her death from Hodgkin’s disease. Liesl Schillinger is a journalist, critic, and translator. She is a regular contributor to The New York Times Book Review and has written on literature, culture, theater, politics, and travel for many publications, including The New York Times , The New Yorker , The Daily Beast , and The Independent on Sunday . Among her translations are The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas ( fils ) and Every Day, Every Hour by Nataša Dragnić. Her illustrated book of neologisms, Wordbirds , will be published in October 2013.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grahame Thornton, Bookseller
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9290
- Title
- Frederick the Great
- Author
- Mitford, Nancy:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140036539
- ISBN 13
- 9780140036534
- Publisher
- London: Penguin, 1973
- Place of Publication
- E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 1995-11-01
- Keywords
- Biography History Germany 0140036539
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About the Seller
Grahame Thornton, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2006
Sherborne, Dorset
About Grahame Thornton, Bookseller
Second-Hand Bookseller operating from home, stock available for viewing by appointment. Mail Order and Internet sales. Early Penguin specialist, otherwise mostly non-fiction in many subjects.I have been involved in the book trade, both publishing and retail, since 1970.
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