Napoleon Symphony by Burgess, Anthony - 1974

Knopf Incorporated, Alfred A., 1974. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Not Avail. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf Incorporated, Alfred A., 1974. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Good. 1974. First Edition. Hardback. 039447614x . 1.5 x 8.5 x 5.7 Inches; 366 pages .

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First Separate. . Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. First printing. Slightly bumped corners, else fine in a near fine priceclipped dustjacket with minute edgewear. No markings. (box 27)

Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. Hardcover. Good.

New York. 1974. May 1974. Knopf. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket.Remainder Mark. 039447614x. 366 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Fred Marcellino. keywords: Literature England . FROM THE PUBLISHER - NAPOLEON SYMPHONY: A NOVEL IN FOUR MOVEMENTS is Anthony Burgess's fictional recreation of the life and world of Napoleon Bonaparte, which he said he found ‘elephantine fun' to write. Its four movements follow the structure of Beethoven's Eroica symphony. Burgess's Bonaparte is a cuckold suffering from heartburn and halitosis who is shown as a wily seducer of Alexander. His conquest of Egypt is a central theme of the novel, which gives a comic but detailed and revealing portrait of an Arab and Muslim society under occupation by a Christian western power. ‘Eroica' was originally dedicated to Bonaparte; then, when Napoleon crowned himself Emperor, Beethoven re-dedicated Sinfonia eroica, composta per festeggiare il sovvenire d'un grand'uomo (Heroic… Read More

Alfred A. Knopf, 1974-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. First and Second Printing Before Publication," stated. Clean crisp deckle-edged text block in fresh-appearing brown cloth boards. Illustrated dust jacket in mylar shows minor wear at edges.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1974. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 366 pp., Remainder mark lower edge. .

NY: Alfred A Knopf, 1974. 1st printing; dj w/unclipped price, in mylar; 366 clean, unmarked pages . 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8 Vo.