The Oxford Book of Villains
by Mortimer, John (editor)
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Oxford University Press, Oxford/ NY, 1992. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The world difficulties of preparing a book of villains is that the field stretches towards infinity… They are everywhere, down narow streets and in brightly lit office buildings and parliaments, dominating family life, crowding prisons and law courts, and providing plots for most of the works of fiction that have been composed since the dawn of history.... What I have done is to assemble some of the pieces of writing which I think do most to illuminate this dark subject... This, I hope, is no discourtesy to the many great civilizations and literatures not here represented; their omission doesn't mean that they are short of villains and I intend no offence." [Introduction] There is a protective mylar cover.
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- Title
- The Oxford Book of Villains
- Author
- Mortimer, John (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Oxford/ NY
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Crooks, murderers, seducers, con men, traitors, tyrants, pirates, financiers, scoundrels, swindlers
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