1992, ISBN: 9780385420198

Hardcover

New York: Doubleday, 1992. Signed and inscribed on title page Stated First Edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 466 pages. Endpapers are maps. From jacket: "In his first no… More...

New York: Doubleday, 1992. Signed and inscribed on title page Stated First Edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 466 pages. Endpapers are maps. From jacket: "In his first novel, Robert MacNeil, the distinguished co-anchor of PBS's MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour...opens the wounds of history to trace three lives caught in the worldwind of World War I. The setting is Halifax, Nova Scotia, whose inhabitants are introduces firsthand to the horror of the war when a freighter ship carrying TNT explores in the harbor, leveling an entire district. In the wake of this disaster, Peter Wentworth, a young minister who typifies the upper-class Halifax, finds, misplaced amid clothes donated to aid those made homeless by the blast, a diary containing the sexually frank confessions of a young woman. Peter is shocked, intrigued, and finally obsessed by what he has read..." Gift sticker on half title page. Edgewear, bumped top corners and bumped heel of spine. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Signed by Author. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Doubleday, 1992, 2.75<

1992, ISBN: 0385420196

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780385420198], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 47.26], [PU: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday], FICTION HISTORICAL HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA ROMANCE MILITARY FIRST WORLD WAR ONE WWI WW1 GREA… More...

[EAN: 9780385420198], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 47.26], [PU: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday], FICTION HISTORICAL HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA ROMANCE MILITARY FIRST WORLD WAR ONE WWI WW1 GREAT, Jacket, Second printing. Signed by author on title page without inscription. Jacket edges lightly bumped, jacket reverse lightly foxed. Page ridges lightly foxed. 1992 Hard Cover. 466 pp. Burden of Desire centres on the love triangle between bohemian Halifax south-end belle Julia Robertson, Dalhousie professor Stewart MacPherson, and young Anglican minister Peter Wentworth. Julia keeps a diary detailing her sexual fantasies, which she has with her at the moment of the blast that was the Halifax Explosion. She hides her diary in her coat, which is subsequently donated to a clothing drive for the individuals from the north end of the city who've lost everything in the explosion. Peter discovers the diary and becomes fixated on its author, enlisting the help of his friend Stewart to find her. Burden of Desire explores the repression and expression of sexual desire at the time of the First World War. It also offers a compelling fictional account of the impact on Halifax society of the Halifax Explosion., Books<

1992, ISBN: 9780385420198

New York: Nan A. Talese, 1992-02-10. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 1x6x9. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear; Famous throughout America as co-host of PBS's a… More...

New York: Nan A. Talese, 1992-02-10. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 1x6x9. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear; Famous throughout America as co-host of PBS's award-winning MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour, Robert MacNeil makes a stunning debut as a novelist with this story of obession set in WWI. Reads like and old-fashioned novel in the tradition of John Fowles' The French Lieutenant's Woman., Nan A. Talese, 1992-02-10, 3<