New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Good in Very Good dj. (c.1935). Reprint 2nd Printing (stated). Hardcover. NOISBN . [front hinge cracked, otherwise a solid copy with minimal shelfwear, some fading to cloth at top edge and base of spine, offsetting to endpapers in gutters, one-time owner's name and date of original purchase at top of ffep; jacket has a small ragged tear at top rear hinge, light edgewear and a couple of tiny nicks here and there]. "This is an amazing novel of the thrilling and little-known first act in Napoleon's marvelous career -- seen exclusively through the eyes of the 26-year-old Bonaparte, with almost the vividness of actual presence." Set during his first Italian campaign, the book "accompan[ies] him from day to day in the vicissitudes which taxed to the utmost his intellect and his courage, sharing his thoughts, his schemes, his emotions, his lover's agonies over the newly-wed and facile Josephine left in Paris," etc.; incorporated into the narrative are "many of the passionate love letters of Napoleon to Josephine." .

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Bookseller: ReadInk (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 19869
Title: The Road to Glory: A Biographical Novel of Napoleon
Author: Austin, F. Britten
Illustrator: (dj) Charles E. Pont
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good in Very Good dj
Edition: Reprint 2nd Printing (stated)
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: (c.1935)
Keywords: NOISBN, Biographical Fiction, Napoleonic Wars, French History

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Shelfwear: Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...