Description: D’ARTAGNAN BOOKS This is a signed first edition in good condition. It was published by Bloomsbury in 2014. 'It is 1948 and Britain is struggling to recover from the Second World War. Half French, half English, Marguerite Carter, young and beautiful, has lost her parents and survived a terrifying war, working for the SOE behind enemy lines. Leaving her partisan lover she returns to England to be one of the first women to receive a degree from the University of Cambridge. Now she pins back her unruly auburn curls, draws a pencil seam up her legs, ties the laces on her sensible black shoes, belts her grey gabardine mac and sets out towards her future as an English teacher in a girls' grammar school. For Miss Carter has a mission - to fight social injustice, to prevent war and to educate her girls. Through deep friendships and love lost and found, from the peace marches of the fifties and the flowering of the Swinging Sixties, to the rise of Thatcher and the battle for gay rights, to the spectre of a new war, Sheila Hancock has created a powerful, panoramic portrait of Britain through the life of one very singular woman.' This is a 1st Edition / 2nd Printing (The number string is: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2). Condition:Book - Very Good - rubbing/bumping/wear to the corners and edges, a slight spine lean, slight marking/indentations to the covers, slight marking to the page edges and soft tanning to the pages. Dust Jacket - Good - rubbing/bumping/wear to the corners and edges, marking, discolouration and slight creasing. The DJ is not price clipped.The DJ is in a protective plastic sleeve (non-adhesive). Photos/scans are always of the actual book for sale, and more can be supplied upon request. I specialise in First Editions and in particular Signed First Editions. Please visit my eBay shop as I have a large range of books and some interesting ephemera.Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions, especially about the displayed book or postage costs.I do combine P&P costs, and I do post Worldwide!
Price: 14.95 GBP
Location: Haslemere
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Shipping Cost: 40.36 GBP
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Personalised: Yes
Year Printed: 2014
Modified Item: Yes
Fiction Subject: General & Literary Fiction
Binding: Hardback
Author: Sheila Hancock
Modification Description: Signed by Author
Language: English
Signed: Yes
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
