1987, ISBN: 9780233981529

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: André Deutsch], Datum/Stempel Cover-Innenseite vorne. Versand nicht als Büchersendung möglich (mit Verpackung > 5 cm und mehr als 1kg), daher höhere Transportkosten.… More...

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: André Deutsch], Datum/Stempel Cover-Innenseite vorne. Versand nicht als Büchersendung möglich (mit Verpackung > 5 cm und mehr als 1kg), daher höhere Transportkosten. 'The war ended last night, Caroline. Help me with these flowers.' The war is the Spanish­American war and, with these words and that war, there opens, in the English country­house retreat of John Hay, Ambassador to the Court of St James, the most absorbing and exciting yet of Gore Vidal' s American historical novels which he lovingly calls his biography of the United States. Caroline Sanford is a high-spirited, exquisitely complex American beauty, brought up in France and destined to become a remarkable newspaper proprietor in Washington. She is a Jamesian heroine of beguiling character, and Henry James himself strides through this narrative, as do the political giants who go to create Empire. William Randolph Hearst, President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Adams and John Hay are just a few of the major figures who, in Vidal's sparkling fiction, dominate a story of bubbling historical and political vitality. Through its unravelling of the tale of that ultra-exclusive and secret society, 'The Hearts', Vidal has also given us a touching love story in which great men's public faces hide the deepest private sorrows. The Empire of the title is, of course, the beginning of the American Empire. After Hearst has more or less single-handedly created the Cuban campaign-and made a national hero and future president out of Teddy Roosevelt-McKinley, Hay and various other men of power annexe the Philippines and, as Vidal shows with merciless clarity, the aggrandizement of the United States flowers while the seeds of England's decline are sown. But, while politics and power flourish, so also do love and excitement in and through Caroline Sanford and her seductive rise to power. As always, the characters of history blend effortlessly with those of fiction, and few readers of Empire will be able to resist the sweep of broad historical narrative and the literary skill of a master novelist. Empire appears alongside a revised version in a single volume of Gore Vidal's witty and erotic Myra Breckinridge and Myron, and his provocative new collection of essays, Armageddon […], DE, [SC: 4.80], leichte Gebrauchsspuren, privates Angebot, 240x160mm, 587, [GW: 1090g], [PU: London], Banküberweisung, Internationaler Versand, [CT: Englischsprachige Bücher / Romane (englisch)]<

1987, ISBN: 9780233981529

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: André Deutsch], Datum/Stempel Cover-Innenseite vorne. 'The war ended last night, Caroline. Help me with these flowers.' The war is the Spanish­American war and, with… More...

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: André Deutsch], Datum/Stempel Cover-Innenseite vorne. 'The war ended last night, Caroline. Help me with these flowers.' The war is the Spanish­American war and, with these words and that war, there opens, in the English country­house retreat of John Hay, Ambassador to the Court of St James, the most absorbing and exciting yet of Gore Vidal' s American historical novels which he lovingly calls his biography of the United States. Caroline Sanford is a high-spirited, exquisitely complex American beauty, brought up in France and destined to become a remarkable newspaper proprietor in Washington. She is a Jamesian heroine of beguiling character, and Henry James himself strides through this narrative, as do the political giants who go to create Empire. William Randolph Hearst, President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Adams and John Hay are just a few of the major figures who, in Vidal's sparkling fiction, dominate a story of bubbling historical and political vitality. Through its unravelling of the tale of that ultra-exclusive and secret society, 'The Hearts', Vidal has also given us a touching love story in which great men's public faces hide the deepest private sorrows. The Empire of the title is, of course, the beginning of the American Empire. After Hearst has more or less single-handedly created the Cuban campaign-and made a national hero and future president out of Teddy Roosevelt-McKinley, Hay and various other men of power annexe the Philippines and, as Vidal shows with merciless clarity, the aggrandizement of the United States flowers while the seeds of England's decline are sown. But, while politics and power flourish, so also do love and excitement in and through Caroline Sanford and her seductive rise to power. As always, the characters of history blend effortlessly with those of fiction, and few readers of Empire will be able to resist the sweep of broad historical narrative and the literary skill of a master novelist. Empire appears alongside a revised version in a single volume of Gore Vidal's witty and erotic Myra Breckinridge and Myron, and his provocative new collection of essays, Armageddon […, DE, [SC: 4.80], leichte Gebrauchsspuren, privates Angebot, 240x160mm, 587, [GW: 1090g], [PU: London], Banküberweisung, Internationaler Versand, [CT: Englischsprachige Bücher / Romane (englisch)]<

2011, ISBN: 9780233981529

Hardcover

Hardcover, [ED: 1], Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spin… More...

Hardcover, [ED: 1], Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Ripped/damaged jacket. The dust jacket of this book is slightly damaged/ripped, however, this does not affect the internal condition. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. , [PU: Andre Deutsch Ltd]<

2011, ISBN: 9780233981529

Hardcover

Hardcover, [ED: 1], Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spin… More...

Hardcover, [ED: 1], Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages. , [PU: Andre Deutsch Ltd]<

1987, ISBN: 9780233981529

Hardcover, ALL ITEMS ARE SENT BY ROYAL MAIL., Very good in very good dust jacket., [PU: Andre Deutsch Ltd]