Nuns and Soldiers
by Murdoch, Iris
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Fine, 1st edition, 1st printing, unclipped d/j (vg), grey boards, gilt spine titling, text block firm, pages unmarked and crisp
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1980. 1st. hardback. Fine, 1st edition, 1st printing, unclipped d/j (vg), grey boards, gilt spine titling, text block firm, pages unmarked and crisp (v slight foxing on top edge).. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Gertrude has lost her husband and Anne, an ex-nun, her God. They plan to live together and do good works.Polish exile and imaginary soldier, the 'Count' watches over Gertrude with loving patience. An accomplished scrounger and failed painter, Tim is a different sort of soldier. He plans, with his eccentric mistress Daisy, to live off rich friends. Who will judge whom in this rich and riveting story? Who will act nobly, and who will act basely? Who will be lucky?
Synopsis
Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919 of Anglo-Irish parents. She is the author of 26 novels and several works of philosophy. She died in 1999.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132466
- Title
- Nuns and Soldiers
- Author
- Murdoch, Iris
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine, 1st edition, 1st printing, unclipped d/j (vg), grey boards, gilt spine titling, text block firm, pages unmarked and crisp
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1980
- Pages
- 505
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, Murdoch
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8\"\" x 5_\"\")
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