USA: E P Dutton-Scholastic Book Services, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Intrigue and adventure in France during the time of Napoleon III. An engrossing tale of intrigue. Book is clean and unmarked with slight wear to extremities. Tight and solid and square. Internals in Fine Condition, pages toned. Bright and clean jacket with wear to upper front corner and spine ends; upper rear edge wrinkled. 229 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. 1998, E P Dutton, USA

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Brian Moore was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1921. He served with the Ministry of War in North Africa, Italy, and France during the Second World War. He emigrated to Canada in 1948 and worked as a newspaper reporter for the Montreal Gazette from 1948 until 1952. While living in Canada, Moore wrote his first three novels, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne , The Feast of Lupercal , and The Luck of Ginger Coffey , the first two set in Belfast, the third in Montreal. In 1959 he moved to the United States, but Canada continued to play a role in his later novels, including I Am Mary Dunne , The Great Victorian Collection , and Black Robe . His many honours included two Governor General’s Awards for Fiction. Brian Moore died in Malibu, California, in 1999. From the Hardcover edition.

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Bookseller: The Parnassus BookShop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 022178
Title: The Magician's Wife: A Novel
Author: Moore, Brian
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0525944001
ISBN 13: 9780525944003
Publisher: E P Dutton-Scholastic Book Services
Place of Publication: USA
Date Published: 1998
Size: 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
Keywords: POLITICAL UPHEAVAL SUSPENSE NAPOLEON III FRANCE MOORS
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction. Adventure;
X weight: 0 oz

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