Product Description
A third printing, 1932, same year of publication, published by Chatto & Windus London, A period photograph of the author has been pasted to the inside front pastdown, period gift inscription Chloe, from Michael NY, Xmas 1932 on front freee endpaper.
A historical novel, based on Minette, the sister of Charles II, and cousin of Louis XIV of France. 'We see the brief course of her life from that of a pathetic pauper to the most beloved and brilliant woman of her age, the growth of the two kings from their awkward tragic boyhood into maturity and splendour , and the networsk of their relations, , tender and tyrannical mothers, lovers and inlaws...' ( from the publishers blurb)
Now in a cler plastic removable Brodart jacket protector, there is a large area of paper loss at the top of the spine, ( the title is missing from spine) , smaller chipped areas to the dustjacket, age darkening to spine. Internally very good. Dates written in pencil on inside back cover flaps.