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THE REAVERS.

THE REAVERS.

THE REAVERS.
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THE REAVERS.

by FRASER**, GEORGE MACDONALD:

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0007253834
ISBN 13
9780007253838
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.Virtually as new,wrapped +protected from day of issue/purchase.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to protected dw/dj - therefore an unread copy - apart from collation.Bright,crisp,clean,colour,pictorial artwork by Max Schindler,illustrated dw/dj,with blue+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean, contents bright,tight and pristine - an unread example.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip, brown+yellow headband,and immaculate colour,pictorial artwork illustrated eps.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-viiipp+1-230pp [paginated] includes author foreword,12 chapters/sections,an epilogue,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and dedication.
Spoiled,arrogant,filthy rich,and breathtakingly beautiful,the young Lady Godiva Dacre is exiled from the court of Good Queen Bess (who can't abide red-haired competition) to her lonely estate in distant Cumberland,where she looks forward to bullying the peasantry and getting her own imperious way.Little does she guess that the turbulent Scottish border is the last place for an Elizabethan heiress,beset by ruthless reivers (many of them unshaven),blackmailing ruffians,fiendish Spanish plotters intent on regime change and turning Merrie England into a ghastly European Union province,and a cast of supporting heavies who include a Wizard in a pointy hat,a dance-crazed Dominican chaplain,sundry gorgeous villainesses,and even an Amazon pygmy with a blowpipe and poisoned darts [In Elizabethan England? Oh, why not?]
And no one to rely on but her half-witted blonde school chum,a rugged English superman with a knack for disaster,and a dashing highwayman who looks like Errol Flynn but has a Glasgow accent.To say nothing of warlocks,impersonators,taxi-drivers riding brooms,burlesque artists, the drunkest man in Scotland,and several quite normal characters --- oh,yes, gossips,it's all happening in 'The Reavers',a moral tale obviously conceived in some kind of fit by Flashman author George MacDonald Fraser ... well,he's getting on,and was bound to crack eventually.He admits (nay,insists) that it's a crazy story for readers who love fun for its own sake.
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Synopsis

Elizabethan England, and a dastardly Spanish plot to take over the throne is uncovered. It's up to Agent Archie Noble to save Queen and country in this saucy and swashbuckling romp from the bestselling author of 'The Flashman Papers' and 'The Pyrates'. Spoiled, arrogant, filthy rich, and breathtakingly beautiful, the young Lady Godiva Dacre is exiled from the court of Good Queen Bess (who can't abide red-haired competition) to her lonely estate in distant Cumberland, where she looks forward to bullying the peasantry and getting her own imperious way. Little does she guess that the turbulent Scottish border is the last place for an Elizabethan heiress, beset by ruthless reivers (many of them unshaven), blackmailing ruffians, fiendish Spanish plotters intent on regime change and turning Merrie England into a ghastly European Union province. And no one to rely on but her half-witted blonde school chum, a rugged English superman with a knack for disaster, and a dashing highwayman who looks like Errol Flynn but has a Glasgow accent. To say nothing of warlocks, impersonators, taxi-drivers riding brooms, burlesque artists, the drunkest man in Scotland, and several quite normal characters – oh, yes, gossips, it's all happening in The Reavers, a moral tale obviously conceived in some kind of fit by Flashman author George MacDonald Fraser ... well, he's getting on, and was bound to crack eventually. He admits (nay, insists) that it's a crazy story for readers who love fun for its own sake.

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Bookseller
R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
rja460313
Title
THE REAVERS.
Author
FRASER**, GEORGE MACDONALD:
Book Condition
Used - FINE+.
Jacket Condition
FINE+.
Quantity Available
1
Edition
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0007253834
ISBN 13
9780007253838
Publisher
LONDON.HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS,2007.
Place of Publication
London
This edition first published
2007
Keywords
q52.MODERN FIRSTS2.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 9780007253838.Historical_comedy_fiction.Flashman.The Pyrates.The Candlemass Road.Non-Flashman fiction.Archie Noble.Books new,used,signed,rare.
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