[Item #68459] Blood Red, Sister Rose A Novel of the Maid of Orleans. Thomas Keneally.

Blood Red, Sister Rose A Novel of the Maid of Orleans

Hardcover, New York: Viking Press, 1975. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. INSCRIBED by author on full title page, "To Rolland Best wishes Tom Keneally 1992." Author also drew a smiley face under his signature. "Concentrating largely on the Maid's lifting of the siege of Orleans, Keneally's research has been impeccable and his interpretation brilliant. As victory is assured, Jehanne - who by this time is regarded by many as an unchivalrous transvestite witch - undergoes a natural transformation which at once makes her woman and inevitably seals her doom. And she knows it." Ships same or next business day. Spine is skewed and loose; small bumps on spine ends, top right corner of front board, and bottom corners; shallow dent on tail edge of front board; head edge color faded near spine; faint soiling and yellowing to edges of pages; text is clean. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has normal edge and shelf wear, 1/2-inch tear on head edge of front cover, creases on back flap, discolored on spine and head edges of flaps, lightly tanned on interior edges, tape on interior at stress points. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 384 pages; Signed by Author. [Item #68459]

Price: $70.00

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