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The Time of the Angels

The Time of the Angels

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The Time of the Angels

by Murdoch, Iris

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Very good, 1st edition, with unclipped d/j (good, some bumping, creasing on flaps); blue boards clean, gilt spine titling bright
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1966. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, with unclipped d/j (good, some bumping, creasing on flaps); blue boards clean, gilt spine titling bright, unmarked pages crisp and tightly bound.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Carel is widowed rector presiding over a London church destroyed during the war. The rectory is home to an array of residents: his daughter, Muriel; his beautiful invalid ward, Elizabeth; their West Indian servant, Pattie; Eugene, a Russian emigre, and his delinquent son, Leo. Carel's brother, Marcus, is co-guardian of Elizabeth, but his attempts to get closer to the rector are constantly rebuffed.

Synopsis

IRIS MURDOCH was born in Dublin in 1919 of Anglo-Irish parents. She went to Badminton School, Bristol, and read classics at Somerville College, Oxford. In 1948 she returned to Oxford where she became a fellow of St Anne's college. Awarded the CBE in 1976, Iris Murdoch was made a DBE in the 1987 New Year's Honours List. She died in February 1999.

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Bookseller
Inklings & Yarnspinners GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
IYC51107
Title
The Time of the Angels
Author
Murdoch, Iris
Format/Binding
Hardback
Book Condition
Used - Very good, 1st edition, with unclipped d/j (good, some bumping, creasing on flaps); blue boards clean, gilt spine titling bright
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1966
Pages
253
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
1st, fiction, Murdoch
Bookseller catalogs
2nd-hand books;
Size
8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8\"\" x 5_\"\")

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