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Queen's Play
by Dunnett, Dorothy
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London: Cassell, 1964. First edition, first printing. Published by Cassell in London, 1964. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper, illustrated by Barbosa, has some wear at the corners and bumping at the spine tips. It has not been price clipped and shows the original 25s net price. The green publisher's buckram is without notable wear though does have a slight lean. The text blocks are mostly white, but with some spots of foxing. The internals are free from previous owners ink, though there is one small inscription to the rear flap. This is a near fine copy. Though she is only a little girl, the Queen is already the object of malicious intrigues that extend from her native country to the court of France. It is to France that Lymond must travel, exercising his sword hand and his agile wit while also undertaking the most unlikely of masquerades, all to make sure that his charge's royal person stays intact.
Synopsis
Dorothy Dunnett was born in 1923 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Her time at Gillespie's High School for Girls overlapped with that of the novelist Muriel Spark. From 1940-1955, she worked for the Civil Service as a press officer. In 1946, she married Alastair Dunnett, later editor of The Scotsman . Dunnett started writing in the late 1950s. Her first novel, The Game of Kings , was published in the United States in 1961, and in the United Kingdom the year after. She published 22 books in total, including the six-part Lymond Chronicles and the eight-part Niccolo Series, and co-authored another volume with her husband. Also an accomplished professional portrait painter, Dunnett exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy on many occasions and had portraits commissioned by a number of prominent public figures in Scotland. She also led a busy life in public service, as a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Library of Scotland, a Trustee of the Scottish National War Memorial, and Director of the Edinburgh Book Festival. She served on numerous cultural committees, and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 1992 she was awarded the Office of the British Empire for services to literature. She died on November 9, 2001, at the age of 78.
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- Bookseller
- John Atkinson Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16561
- Title
- Queen's Play
- Author
- Dunnett, Dorothy
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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