Collins, UK, 2003. Reprint. Medium Trade Paperback. Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 538 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Collins, UK, 2003. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Spine is uncreased. . Edges of pages are slightly foxed. Pages are reasonably tanned and mildly foxed. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: The breakthrough novel from Britain's most brilliant young critic: 'Prepare to be dazzled...The Mulberry Empire is executed with flair, confidence and great energy - a really terrific read and one hell of an achievement.' Victoria Glendinning, Daily Telegraph 'We are in the 1830s and the Great Game, the elegant but deadly dance between Great Britain and Russia for power and influence in Asia, is under way. Alexander Burnes, a bright young thing with a taste for adventure, flies the flag for London, having bidden a sad farewell to his love, Bella Garraway. From St Petersburg comes the equally enigmatic Vitkevich. Both men are wooing the Amir Dost Mohammed, emperor of the Afghans, on their countries' behalf...The cast of characters is extensive, the grandiloquence of empire wonderfully evoked; The Mulberry Empire will be read with pleasure for years to come.' *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Historical; ISBN: 0007112270. ISBN/EAN: 9780007112272. Inventory No: 16070843.. 9780007112272

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Philip Hensher is a critic and the author of five works of fiction, including Kitchen Venom , winner of the Somerset Maugham Award. One of Granta ’s Best Young British Novelists for 2003 and a finalist for the W. H. Smith Literary Award for The Mulberry Empire , he is a columnist for The Independent and chief book reviewer for The Spectator. He lives in South London.

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Bookseller: Manyhills Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 16070843
Title: The Mulberry Empire
Author: Philip Hensher
Format/Binding: Medium Trade Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0007112270
ISBN 13: 9780007112272
Publisher: Collins
Place of Publication: UK
Date Published: 2003
Keywords: BZDB5 Fiction; The Mulberry Empire
Bookseller catalogs: Historical; Fiction;

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Trade Paperback: Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...