King and Joker (Princess Louise series)
by Dickinson, Peter
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0340207000
- ISBN 13
- 9780340207000
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1976. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. The dust jacket is price-clipped, but is also in very good condition, with minor wear, but no chips or tears. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Note: This mystery is set in a parallel version of Britain, where King Victor -- not Queen Elizabeth -- reigns. Synopsis: "The monarchy is not what it used to be. King Victor II may be the great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria, but political and economic realities have intruded even on Buckingham Palace, where family breakfasts center on proposals for tightening the household budget (no, Princess Louise will not be hiring out as a babysitter) and the King - a licensed physician -- fumes at Parliament's refusal to permit him to practice medicine, for fear of lawsuits. Nor has royal dignity been spared. A practical joker has invaded the palace, but his tricks, initially amusing, have turned deadly, and seem increasingly to be focused on the teenage Princess Louise. The trickster, it seems clear, wants her to divulge some secret to the Greater British Public, but which one? With a royal family's worth of skeletons in the closet, there are too many to choose from.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Granny Goose Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005710
- Title
- King and Joker (Princess Louise series)
- Author
- Dickinson, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0340207000
- ISBN 13
- 9780340207000
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Adult Fiction, Mystery & Detective Fiction, British Monarchy, Alternative History
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