Richard Temple
by O'Brian, Patrick
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0007214987
- ISBN 13
- 9780007214983
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Harpercollins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0007214987 . Only slight wear, remainder mark bottom page edges; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. A bright solid, book. This is the 1st British edition. ; 1.1 x 8.43 x 5.59 Inches; 250 pages; This is the story of Richard Temple - prisoner of war, sometime adventurer, lover and artist - told with insight, empathy and drama by one of the world's master storytellers.Captive in a brutal German prison towards the end of World War II, Richard Temple has been stripped of everything that once defined him: pride, courage, his very identity have all been surrendered in a desperate bid to protect his secrets from the Nazis.But with the real Richard Temple suppressed to the point of near-extinction, a sudden respite in his torture allows him a moment of rare release, when he can lower his guard and remember who he is. Huddled in his cell, too badly beaten to move, the action of the novel takes place in the Richards mind as he retraces a convoluted course from an unhappy childhood, through a vague and uncertain adolescence to a complex, compromised adulthood, shot through with artistic sensibility and the myriad impulses that make a man. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11631
- Title
- Richard Temple
- Author
- O'Brian, Patrick
- Illustrator
- Brian Sanders jacket art
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0007214987
- ISBN 13
- 9780007214983
- Publisher
- Harpercollins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- 0007214987, Literature & Fiction, WWII, POW, O'Brian, Patrick
- Bookseller catalogs
- British Fiction; Fiction / Historical;
Terms of Sale
Ainsworth Books
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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