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A World on Fire: The Epic History of the British in the American Civil War. by Amanda Foreman
by Foreman, Amanda
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1846142040
- ISBN 13
- 9781846142048
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About This Item
Allen Lane, 2010. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st printing with '1' on the reverse of the title page. Firmly bound and very carefully read.The book is in excellent clean condition. No inscription or ownership markings. No torn, loose or missing pages. The jacket has some creasing top & tail of the spine with a very small tear but no loss. . A heavy book.
Synopsis
Amanda Foreman is a Visiting Research Fellow at Queen Mary, University of London. She won the Whitbread Prize for Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire , which was adapted for the screen as The Duchess . Educated as an undergraduate at Sarah Lawrence College and with master’s and doctorate degrees in history from Oxford University, she is now married with five children and lives in New York.
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- Title
- A World on Fire: The Epic History of the British in the American Civil War. by Amanda Foreman
- Author
- Foreman, Amanda
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1846142040
- ISBN 13
- 9781846142048
- Publisher
- Allen Lane
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- history, American_Civil_War, military, America, USA, Confederate, Union, diplomat, diplomacy, politics,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social Sciences;
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