Search Results: Literature: Historical Fiction from The Owl at the Bridge

4 p.l., 364 p.; 24 cm. The third of seven in Vidal's Narrative of Empire series. "The third volume of Gore Vidal's series of historical novels aimed at demythologizing the American past, 1876 explores the political scandals of the Grant administration and the intrigues of that year's presidential election." Effusive gift inscription on front fly leaf. Stock#48135.

Boston, Little, Brown [1986]. Soft Cover. 329 p.; 19.5 cm. 'This tenth tale [actually the eleventh] of naval adventure in C. S. Forester's Hornblower series finds Horatio Hornblower an admiral struggling to impose order in the chaotic aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. As commander-in-chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels in the West Indies, he must take on pirates, revolutionaries, and a blistering hurricane. The war is over, but peaceful it is not.' Stock # 29,725. Vg/ color pictorial paper wrappers (painting by Wendell Minor). English literature, fiction; British naval historical fiction.

N.Y., Simon & Schuster [1961]. Hard Cover. 472 pages. Set in the closing months of World War II, in an American bomber squadron on a small Mediterranean island off Italy-- a world absurd and horrifying.x Good +, blue boards, top of spine worn/ no dj; book club. Stock#100882.

"First published in 1910, about social conventions, codes of conduct, and personal relationships in turn-of-the-century England." The 1992 Merchant-Ivory film catches the novel's essence. 359 pages; 20 cm. Stock#48103 [biblio1].

"Once again the indomitable Hornblower risks his career in the fight against Napoleon. Allied with him is his old love Marie. She is by no means the least of the obstacles in the way of his return to the arms of Lady Barbara." The biographical note from the dust jacket has been taped to the inner back cover. 322 pages; 21 cm. Stock#48090.

Boston, Little, Brown [c1960]. Hard Cover. xii, 337 p., 21.5 cm.Book club edition of the novel based on the 1789 mutiny against Captain Bligh. Stock# 39,274. Vg/ color color pictorial dj vg.. American literature, historical fiction; British maritime history, naval history.

San Diego, Helen & Kurt Wolff/ HBJ, [1983]. Hard Cover. [vi], 502 p., endpaper diagram. 24.5 cm. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver. Mystery novel set in a medieval Italian abbey. 'The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy.' ISBN (10) 0151446474. Stock# 101,084x. Vg/ dj good. Another copy. Book club, but different from trade copies.

First published 1937. Historical fiction; Robert Rogers (1731-1795) and his Rangers in colonial and Revolutionary America. Hardcover; 709 pages, two endpaper maps; 21 cm; bound in green cloth, spine darkened & scuffed; Good+, no dust jacket. stock#27455/h.

Louis XI, King of France, in the late 15th century struggled to create a mighty nation from a weak medieval France. [v], 539 pages; 21.5 cm. Stock#48118.