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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0771052707 . Only light edge wear, small circled number top of FFE… Mehr…

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0771052707 . Only light edge wear, small circled number top of FFEP ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. The first book in a proposed series featuring Laurence Beaumont. ; Laurence Beaumont; 1.8 x 22.2 x 14.4 Inches; 692 pages; It is 1642, and Laurence Beaumont has just returned to England after six long years fighting — and avoiding fighting — in the European Wars. Having fled his home to escape the responsibilities of his noble birthright, he has been a lowly infantryman in Spain, a spy for the Germans, and a cardsharp in a Dutch brothel. He has seen horrors visited upon men, women, and children by enemy and ally alike, and he no longer has faith in God, in causes, or even in humankind itself. As the clashes between King Charles I and his mutinous Parliament come to a crisis and England is thrown into civil war, a reluctant Beaumont is drawn back into the world of warfare and intrigue when he discovers coded letters outlining a plot to assassinate the king. Soon the conspirators — one of whom is among the most powerful men in the kingdom — are in hot pursuit, and Beaumont must find proof of their identities before they overtake him. Pressed into service by the secretary of state’s ruthless spymaster, Beaumont finds himself threatened on all sides, facing imprisonment, torture, and worse if he makes a single wrong step. The ravishing Isabella Savage, a practiced seducer, wants to help, but may only lead him deeper into the conspiracies within the king’s camp. And all the while Beaumont is haunted by a prophecy and by the memory of a devastating betrayal. 'The Best of Men' brings to vibrant, realistic, and bawdy life the battlefields, taverns, and aristocratic bedrooms of the 17th century. Laurence Beaumont is an unforgettable character, and Claire Letemendia is a dazzling storyteller. ., McClelland & Stewart, 2009, 3, Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2007. Hardcover. New. The sepoy mutiny at Vellore in 1806 was the last major threat to British rule in South India, but it ended scarcely eight hours after it began. The Consequences of the revolt, however, lasted much longer. Determined to find the cause of this `unexpected` mutiny, officials of the East India Company launched a sweeping enquiry, the first of its kind to be made regarding the Indian Army. As this new bureaucratic process of information-gathering and procedure intruded upon the sepoys` traditional world of unrecorded negotiation and personal bonds, panic spread, causing near-mutinies, riots, and Political witch-hunts at garrison towns across the Madras Presidency. The British asked `their` sepoys many questions during the ensuing investigations of these incidents : Why did they object to their new uniforms - especially to the new turban, which sepoys likened to a European top/, or hat? In what sorts of political activities were sepoys engaged? British officials asked these questions, making assumptions regarding the identity, culture, and loyalty of Indian Soldiers that were based primarily on Colonial myth-making -assuming, for instance, that the sepoys could not have planned an uprising on their own, without the Aid of External provocateurs attached to the exiled sons of Tipu Sultan. Indeed, the task of British investigators was made extremely difficult by the fact that the mutinous troops had been guarding the Mysorean princes and their families, held as state Prisoners at Vellore, at the time of the rising. The real interior life and interests of the sepoy battalions, revealed by the Vellore Mutiny enquiries, opened up the origins, socio-political thoughts, and daily lives of the indigenous soldiers of the Raj for the first time, revealing an Army very different from that normally imagined by its own British officers. In Men Without Hats, all available primary documents concerning the Vellore Mutiny have been analysed for the first time, producing a comprehensive view of this significant event and a conclusion that challenges previous scholarly conceptions of the significance of the uprising. Contents: 1. The Mutiny at Vellore - Memory, Ideology and History 2. `Our Negative Friendship` 3. The Vellore Mutiny 4. Evidence and Contested Testimony 5. Mysterious Disturbances in Hyderabad 6. `The Conspiracy has Extended Beyond All Belief` 7. The Faqir Investigations 8. The System of Confidence` 9. `It Was a Hat and Not a Turband` Printed Pages: 314., Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2007, 6, Good. Ships From Canada. Book Description: "'"A daring romp through the solar system and a worthy successor to 2001. "'" *Carl Sagan Nine years after the disastrous Discovery mission to Jupiter in 2001, a joint U.S. -Soviet expedition sets out to rendezvous with the derelict spacecraft *to search the memory banks of the mutinous computer HAL 9000 for clues to what went wrong...and what became of Commander Dave Bowman. Without warning, a Chinese expedition targets the same objective, turning the recovery mission into a frenzied race for the precious information Discovery may hold about the enigmatic monolith that orbits Jupiter. Meanwhile, the being that was once Dave Bowman *the only human to unlock the mystery of the monolith *streaks toward Earth on a vital mission of its own..."'"Clarke deftly blends discovery, philosophy, and a newly acquired sense of play. "'" *Time "'"2010 is easily Clarkes' best book in over a decade. "'" *The San Diego Tribune--This text refers to the Paperback edi, 2.5, Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2007. Hardcover. New. The sepoy mutiny at Vellore in 1806 was the last major threat to British rule in South India, but it ended scarcely eight hours after it began. The Consequences of the revolt, however, lasted much longer. Determined to find the cause of this `unexpected` mutiny, officials of the East India Company launched a sweeping enquiry, the first of its kind to be made regarding the Indian Army. As this new bureaucratic process of information-gathering and procedure intruded upon the sepoys` traditional world of unrecorded negotiation and personal bonds, panic spread, causing near-mutinies, riots, and Political witch-hunts at garrison towns across the Madras Presidency. The British asked `their` sepoys many questions during the ensuing investigations of these incidents : Why did they object to their new uniforms - especially to the new turban, which sepoys likened to a European top/, or hat? In what sorts of political activities were sepoys engaged? British officials asked these questions, making assumptions regarding the identity, culture, and loyalty of Indian Soldiers that were based primarily on Colonial myth-making -assuming, for instance, that the sepoys could not have planned an uprising on their own, without the Aid of External provocateurs attached to the exiled sons of Tipu Sultan. Indeed, the task of British investigators was made extremely difficult by the fact that the mutinous troops had been guarding the Mysorean princes and their families, held as state Prisoners at Vellore, at the time of the rising. The real interior life and interests of the sepoy battalions, revealed by the Vellore Mutiny enquiries, opened up the origins, socio-political thoughts, and daily lives of the indigenous soldiers of the Raj for the first time, revealing an Army very different from that normally imagined by its own British officers. In Men Without Hats, all available primary documents concerning the Vellore Mutiny have been analysed for the first time, producing a comprehensive view of this significant event and a conclusion that challenges previous scholarly conceptions of the significance of the uprising. Contents: 1. The Mutiny at Vellore - Memory, Ideology and History 2. `Our Negative Friendship` 3. The Vellore Mutiny 4. Evidence and Contested Testimony 5. Mysterious Disturbances in Hyderabad 6. `The Conspiracy has Extended Beyond All Belief` 7. The Faqir Investigations 8. The System of Confidence` 9. `It Was a Hat and Not a Turband` Printed Pages: 314. Men Without Hats: Dialogue, Discipline and Discontent in the Madras Army, 1806-1807James W. Hoover9788173047251, Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2007, 6, Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2007. Hardcover. New. The sepoy mutiny at Vellore in 1806 was the last major threat to British rule in South India, but it ended scarcely eight hours after it began. The Consequences of the revolt, however, lasted much longer. Determined to find the cause of this `unexpected` mutiny, officials of the East India Company launched a sweeping enquiry, the first of its kind to be made regarding the Indian Army. As this new bureaucratic process of information-gathering and procedure intruded upon the sepoys` traditional world of unrecorded negotiation and personal bonds, panic spread, causing near-mutinies, riots, and Political witch-hunts at garrison towns across the Madras Presidency. The British asked `their` sepoys many questions during the ensuing investigations of these incidents : Why did they object to their new uniforms - especially to the new turban, which sepoys likened to a European top/, or hat? In what sorts of political activities were sepoys engaged? British officials asked these questions, making assumptions regarding the identity, culture, and loyalty of Indian Soldiers that were based primarily on Colonial myth-making -assuming, for instance, that the sepoys could not have planned an uprising on their own, without the Aid of External provocateurs attached to the exiled sons of Tipu Sultan. Indeed, the task of British investigators was made extremely difficult by the fact that the mutinous troops had been guarding the Mysorean princes and their families, held as state Prisoners at Vellore, at the time of the rising. The real interior life and interests of the sepoy battalions, revealed by the Vellore Mutiny enquiries, opened up the origins, socio-political thoughts, and daily lives of the indigenous soldiers of the Raj for the first time, revealing an Army very different from that normally imagined by its own British officers. In Men Without Hats, all available primary documents concerning the Vellore Mutiny have been analysed for the first time, producing a comprehensive view of this significant event and a conclusion that challenges previous scholarly conceptions of the significance of the uprising. Contents: 1. The Mutiny at Vellore - Memory, Ideology and History 2. `Our Negative Friendship` 3. The Vellore Mutiny 4. Evidence and Contested Testimony 5. Mysterious Disturbances in Hyderabad 6. `The Conspiracy has Extended Beyond All Belief` 7. The Faqir Investigations 8. The System of Confidence` 9. `It Was a Hat and Not a Turband` Printed Pages: 314., Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2007, 6, Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2007. Hardcover. New. The sepoy mutiny at Vellore in 1806 was the last major threat to British rule in South India, but it ended scarcely eight hours after it began. The Consequences of the revolt, however, lasted much longer. Determined to find the cause of this `unexpected` mutiny, officials of the East India Company launched a sweeping enquiry, the first of its kind to be made regarding the Indian Army. As this new bureaucratic process of information-gathering and procedure intruded upon the sepoys` traditional world of unrecorded negotiation and personal bonds, panic spread, causing near-mutinies, riots, and Political witch-hunts at garrison towns across the Madras Presidency. The British asked `their` sepoys many questions during the ensuing investigations of these incidents : Why did they object to their new uniforms - especially to the new turban, which sepoys likened to a European top/, or hat? In what sorts of political activities were sepoys engaged? British officials asked these questions, making assumptions regarding the identity, culture, and loyalty of Indian Soldiers that were based primarily on Colonial myth-making -assuming, for instance, that the sepoys could not have planned an uprising on their own, without the Aid of External provocateurs attached to the exiled sons of Tipu Sultan. Indeed, the task of British investigators was made extremely difficult by the fact that the mutinous troops had been guarding the Mysorean princes and their families, held as state Prisoners at Vellore, at the time of the rising. The real interior life and interests of the sepoy battalions, revealed by the Vellore Mutiny enquiries, opened up the origins, socio-political thoughts, and daily lives of the indigenous soldiers of the Raj for the first time, revealing an Army very different from that normally imagined by its own British officers. In Men Without Hats, all available primary documents concerning the Vellore Mutiny have been analysed for the first time, producing a comprehensive view of this significant event and a conclusion that challenges previous scholarly conceptions of the significance of the uprising. Contents: 1. The Mutiny at Vellore - Memory, Ideology and History 2. `Our Negative Friendship` 3. The Vellore Mutiny 4. Evidence and Contested Testimony 5. Mysterious Disturbances in Hyderabad 6. `The Conspiracy has Extended Beyond All Belief` 7. The Faqir Investigations 8. The System of Confidence` 9. `It Was a Hat and Not a Turband` Printed Pages: 314., Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2007, 6, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1926. Octavo, black cloth (hardcover), uncut, vii + 293 pp. Very Good+, with lightly rubbed edges; in a Fair, mylar protected dust jacket with edgewear that includes chipping and a few small tears. From dust jacket: When Charles Boardman Hawes, author of The Mutineers, The Great Quest, and The Dark Frigate...died in the summer of 1923, The Atlantic Monthly Press offered a prize of $2,000 for a tale of adventure of the same general character and excellence as these three splendid stories. The prize was intended as a memorial to Mr. Hawes, whose untimely death at the age of thirty-four deprived a large public of further tales such as those in the writing of which he had no rival. Of the scores of manuscripts submitted, The Scarlet Cockerel was the unanimous choice of the judges to receive the prize. The new author, who is thirty-seven years old, has never written a novel before... Mr. Sublette is particularly interested in history and his novel has a distinctly historical background, being a 16th century tale of the French Huguenot colonists in the Carolinas and their difficulties with the Spanish from Florida., Little, Brown, and Company, 1926., 1926, 0, London: Jonathan Cape, 2009. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT, SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE. Book unread, FINE.FINE condition. Product Description: It is 1642, and Laurence Beaumont has just returned to England after six long years fighting - and avoiding fighting - in the European Wars. Having fled his homeland to escape the responsibilities of his noble birthright, he has been a lowly infantryman, a spy, and a cardsharp in a Dutch brothel. He has seen the worst inhumanities visited on men, women and children by enemy and neighbour alike, and he no longer has faith in God, in causes, or much in humankind itself. Yet as the clashes between King Charles I and his mutinous Parliament come to a crisis and England is thrown into civil war, Beaumont is drawn back into the world of warfare and intrigue when he discovers coded letters outlining a plot to assassinate the king. Soon the conspirators - one of whom is among the most powerful men in the kingdom - are in hot pursuit, and he must find proof of their identities before they overtake him. Pressed into service by the Secretary of State's ruthless spymaster, Beaumont finds himself threatened on all sides, facing the possibility of imprisonment, torture or worse if he makes a single wrong step. The ravishing Isabella Savage, a practised seductress, is interested in helping, but may only lead him deeper into the conspiracies within the king's camp. And all the while, Beaumont is haunted by a prophecy and by the memory of a love betrayed. Vivid in its detail, filled with gripping action scenes, bawdy and smart, "The Best of Men" is a rousing, rich and thoroughly satisfying historical novel in the vein of Iain Pears' "An Instance of the Fingerpost" and the bestselling works of C.J. Sansom. Laurence Beaumont is an unforgettable new character, and Claire Letemendia is a dazzling new storyteller.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine., Jonathan Cape, 2009, 5, (Subject: Colonial & Other Wars ) On 11th May 1857 nine soldiers defended the Magazine of Delhi for more than four hours against large numbers of rebels and mutineers. Eventually they blew it up to save the armamenet falling into rebel hands. Only three of the defenders survived and they were subsequently awarded the Victoria Cross. This is a very scarce pamphlet produced by the Royal Army Ordnance Corp for its museum. It contains a contemporary account, map, biographical notes of the medal recipients, and information about the memorial. (Published: 1988) (Publisher: Private Regimental Pub.) (Pagination: 14pp photographs, map.) (Condition: very good in card covers.) UL-XXXXXX, 0, London: Jonathan Cape, 2009. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT, SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE. Book unread, FINE.FINE condition. Product Description: It is 1642, and Laurence Beaumont has just returned to England after six long years fighting - and avoiding fighting - in the European Wars. Having fled his homeland to escape the responsibilities of his noble birthright, he has been a lowly infantryman, a spy, and a cardsharp in a Dutch brothel. He has seen the worst inhumanities visited on men, women and children by enemy and neighbour alike, and he no longer has faith in God, in causes, or much in humankind itself. Yet as the clashes between King Charles I and his mutinous Parliament come to a crisis and England is thrown into civil war, Beaumont is drawn back into the world of warfare and intrigue when he discovers coded letters outlining a plot to assassinate the king. Soon the conspirators - one of whom is among the most powerful men in the kingdom - are in hot pursuit, and he must find proof of their identities before they overtake him. Pressed into service by the Secretary of State's ruthless spymaster, Beaumont finds himself threatened on all sides, facing the possibility of imprisonment, torture or worse if he makes a single wrong step. The ravishing Isabella Savage, a practised seductress, is interested in helping, but may only lead him deeper into the conspiracies within the king's camp. And all the while, Beaumont is haunted by a prophecy and by the memory of a love betrayed. Vivid in its detail, filled with gripping action scenes, bawdy and smart, "The Best of Men" is a rousing, rich and thoroughly satisfying historical novel in the vein of Iain Pears' "An Instance of the Fingerpost" and the bestselling works of C.J. Sansom. Laurence Beaumont is an unforgettable new character, and Claire Letemendia is a dazzling new storyteller.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine., Jonathan Cape, 2009, 5, New York. 1986. Dutton. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. ISBN: 0525243763. 1st Novel. 216 pages. hardcover. Jacket painting by Enoch Placide. Jacket design by Nancy Etheredge. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Three black soldiers are dishonorably discharged from the Vietnam War due to a mutinous ‘fragging’ incident. They return home resolved to take on the world, but ambition and poverty begin to dissolve their precious brotherhood forged in the trenches of southeast Asia. To counter this growing fragmentation, the hero-prophet of the group, Tucept HighJohn, inspired by a set of mystical bones passed on to him by a dying brother in Vietnam, undergoes ‘hoodoo’ training in his isolated house on stilts in a wilderness park in Memphis. His new self-mastery enables him to relive his memories of Vietnam and to rally his ex-companions-in-arms with a vision of the triumph of black people everywhere. This rich first novel about the Vietnam inheritance of three black combat veterans, written in an original, rhythmic prose, marks the debut of a gifted young black novelist. ‘Weaving the experiences of the veterans in war and in peace, Arthur Flowers forces us to understand why the powerless become mythmakers trying to determine their own destiny. DE MOJO BLUES portrays the ugliness and violence of war, but it’s a story told with humor as only a brother can tell it.’ - ROSA GUY. ‘Art’s jungle war scenes were so vivid and dynamic that I literally craved more of them.’ - LOUISE MERRIWETHER. ‘Arthur Flowers’ novel is a late twentieth century fable. not only a compelling tale of several young black men fighting in a war on behalf of ideals that are not honored in the country where they are espoused, but also a meditation on tradition, destiny, and the exercise of mojo (power) as a healing force in a world poised for destruction.’ - WESLEY BROWN. inventory #24809 ISBN: 0525243763., 0<

1986, ISBN: 9780525243762

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book., 2.5, New York. 1986. Dutton. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. … Mehr…

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book., 2.5, New York. 1986. Dutton. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0525243763. 1st Novel. 216 pages. hardcover. Jacket painting by Enoch Placide. Jacket design by Nancy Etheredge . keywords: Literature Black America Vietnam. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Three black soldiers are dishonorably discharged from the Vietnam War due to a mutinous ‘fragging' incident. They return home resolved to take on the world, but ambition and poverty begin to dissolve their precious brotherhood forged in the trenches of southeast Asia. To counter this growing fragmentation, the hero-prophet of the group, Tucept HighJohn, inspired by a set of mystical bones passed on to him by a dying brother in Vietnam, undergoes ‘hoodoo' training in his isolated house on stilts in a wilderness park in Memphis. His new self-mastery enables him to relive his memories of Vietnam and to rally his ex-companions-in-arms with a vision of the triumph of black people everywhere. This rich first novel about the Vietnam inheritance of three black combat veterans, written in an original, rhythmic prose, marks the debut of a gifted young black novelist. ‘Weaving the experiences of the veterans in war and in peace, Arthur Flowers forces us to understand why the powerless become mythmakers trying to determine their own destiny. DE MOJO BLUES portrays the ugliness and violence of war, but it's a story told with humor as only a brother can tell it.' - ROSA GUY. ‘Art's jungle war scenes were so vivid and dynamic that I literally craved more of them.' - LOUISE MERRIWETHER. ‘Arthur Flowers' novel is a late twentieth century fable. . not only a compelling tale of several young black men fighting in a war on behalf of ideals that are not honored in the country where they are espoused, but also a meditation on tradition, destiny, and the exercise of mojo (power) as a healing force in a world poised for destruction.' - WESLEY BROWN. inventory #24809 ISBN: 0525243763., 0<

1986, ISBN: 9780525243762

E P Dutton, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: First Edition, First Printing, Publiziert: 1986-01-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1 kg, Literatur & Fiktion, Kategorien, Bücher, E P Dutton, 1986