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Master Georgie: A Novel
by Bainbridge, Beryl
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0786705639
- ISBN 13
- 9780786705634
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1998. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Carroll & Graf American Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Remainder mark on top edge. Three voices record the series of strange events, bad judgments, good intentions, and ill luck that shape the destiny of Master Georgie--the reader will meet Myrtle, Pompey Jones, and Doctor Potter. His eight-year journey exposes him to epidemic cholera, military slaughter, and surgical butchery. A masterful historical novel set during the Crimean War. 190 pages. 8.5 x 6 inches. 1998, Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Synopsis
Master Georgie is a 1998 historical novel by English novelist Beryl Bainbridge. It deals with the British experience of the Crimean War through the adventures of the eponymous central character George Hardy, who volunteers to work on the battlefields. The novel was a New York Times Book Review Notable Book and won the WH Smith Literary Award in 1999. It was nominated for the Booker Prize in what was Bainbridge's fifth nomination.
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012530
- Title
- Master Georgie: A Novel
- Author
- Bainbridge, Beryl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0786705639
- ISBN 13
- 9780786705634
- Publisher
- Carroll & Graf Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- HISTORICAL FICTION WAR, EUROPE CRIMEA
- X weight
- 0 oz
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