HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1978* Publisher: Constable* Binding and cover condition: Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Minor shelf wear. VG+* Jacket condition: Price Clipped, some very minor shelf wear, nick to top of back fold, now in protective cover. VG* Contents condition: Following Inscription to fep :- ? Constable & Co. FILE COPY Not to be taken away.? clean, crisp, tight and bright. VG++*No Illustrations* Pages: 217 pp.text.* Description: A riveting novel about Henry II, Eleanor of Acquitaine and Thomas Becket. A strange and disturbing story of dark religious and pagan beliefs at the centre of a fascinating period of English and French History.* A very nice clean NEAR VG+ copy of the first edition with an interesting inscription to add to its collectability, now in protective jacket.

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5322
Title: The Swords of December
Author: York, Robert
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG++/VG+/VG
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 009462190X
ISBN 13: 9780094621909
Publisher: Constable
Place of Publication: London 217
Date Published: 1978-01-01
Keywords: Thomas, à Becket, Saint, 1118-1170 -- Fiction, Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189 -- Fiction, Great Britain -- History -- Henry II, 1154-1189, -- Fiction, Biographical fiction, Historical fiction, Christian fiction
Size: 23 cm.

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