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A WORLD ON FIRE; Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War
by Foreman, Amanda
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 037550494X
- ISBN 13
- 9780375504945
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 2010. First American Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Maps, plates, illustrations. Thick 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over matching black cloth;profusely illustrated with period illustrations, plates, maps; archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (uncllipped); 958 pages + [2] About the Author. Weight: 3 lbs. 5 oz. Amanda Lucy Foreman (born 1968) is a British/American biographer and historian. Her books include Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, A WORLD ON FIRE (Penguin), and The World Made by Women. <br /> <br /> Adam I.P. Smith of History Today said, "Amanda Foreman's magnificent new book . . . resembles nothing so much as War and Peace."<br /> <br /> In 2012, A World on Fire won the Fletcher Pratt Award for excellence in Civil War history writing. It was a finalist for the 2012 Lincoln Prize, the Lionel Gelber Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. It was also nominated for the Jefferson Davis Prize.<br /> <br /> SUPERIOR COPY: Tight, bright, clean. Bright dj (unclipped) with slight edgewear. No previous owner or remainder marks.
Synopsis
Amanda Foreman is a Visiting Research Fellow at Queen Mary, University of London. She won the Whitbread Prize for Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire , which was adapted for the screen as The Duchess . Educated as an undergraduate at Sarah Lawrence College and with master’s and doctorate degrees in history from Oxford University, she is now married with five children and lives in New York.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8231
- Title
- A WORLD ON FIRE; Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War
- Author
- Foreman, Amanda
- Illustrator
- Maps, plates, illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 037550494X
- ISBN 13
- 9780375504945
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- illustrated, Great Britain, foreign relations, Civil War, navy, spies, Semmes, blockade runners, Nova Scotia, Cotton
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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