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Rebel
by Cornwell, Bernard
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Harper Collins, 1993. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. SIGNED with inscription by author: "For Lou, with all best wishes, Bernard Cornwell" to title page. 308 p.p. One B&W map at end of Part One. Quarter bound with red paper spine and grey paper boards. Title in gilt to spine, blind Harper Collins device to front board. Lightly bumped at spine ends, one small scuff to front board. Colour illustrated dust jacket is price clipped and has light bumping to spine ends, else fine. Rebel is a dramatic story about the Civil War's first great battle, First Bull Run/Manassas, and how Nate Starbuck, a renegade from Boston, comes to play a crucial part in it.
Synopsis
Nathaniel Starbuck is a rebel, a young Yankee fighting for the South against the North in the American Civil War.It is the summer of 1861 when Nate arrives in Richmond, Virginia, suddenly to be rescued from a lynch mob by Washington Faulconer who is raising his own Legion in the interests of the Confederacy. Personal and political loyalties are tested to the limit, and Nate quickly learns to fight in his own interests and those of his adopted country and friends while the United States of America tears itself violently, unforgivingly apart in the first bloody battles of the Civil War.
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- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002755
- Title
- Rebel
- Author
- Cornwell, Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Signed, Inscribed, Novel, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Civil War, American History, Battle of Bull Run, Virginia, Battle of Manassas, Nate Starbuck
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- History;
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All prices listed in Canadian dollars. We guarantee that all items are properly packaged and handled with care. Please allow one to two business days for your order to be shipped. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. All sales will be shipped with a tracking number for your convenience.
About the Seller
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Whitby, Ontario
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