THE PEACEABLE KINGDOM: An American Saga

This is a first edition of The Peaceable Kingdom, An American Saga, the 1972 novel by the prolific Dutch-American playwright and novelist Jan de Hartog (1914-2002). De Hartog moved to the US in the early 60s and became a Quaker.

From an online synopsis:

"I am George Fox," said the fair-haired stranger. "May the Lord bless thee and awaken thee, Margaret Fell." His eyes went on searching hers. They were blue like a sailor's and of an odd shape and rather slanted.
It was at this moment Margaret Fell's life took a strange and dramatic turn. For her encounter with George Fox, a virile, lust-provoking, itinerant preacher, made her feel as though a whole new life were ahead. For the first time her passion was aroused. George awakened in her a capacity for love she had never known. But was this love directed at George the man of God...or George the man?
This novel is the story of the passionate, flesh-and-blood men and women who began the Quaker movement in England in the 17th century and of those who settled in Philadelphia 100 years later."

This copy is in excellent condition, except for a ¾" tear at the top of the spine which can easily be glued. One page has a crease, and there are a couple of marks on the back cover—very faint.

783 pages, cream boards with a green and gold design on the cover and spine.

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