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THOMPSON**, E[rnest] V[ictor]: : POLRUDDEN

LONDON.MACMILLAN,1985.

ISBN 0333405552.

UK,8vo,HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/FINE.Gift inscrptn to recto of ffe,and price-clip to dw/dj.Clean, bright,glossy laminated colour pictorial,wrap-around artwork by John Raynes,illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges, corners and spine/backstrip - no major nicks or tears present.Top two corners minisculely rubbed with reciprocal loss and light foxing to edges of dw/dj's inner flaps.Top +fore-edges lightly aged/toned - as usual/normal - but generally clean; contents also tight and clean.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-308pp. Making their first appearance in E.V.Thompson's best-selling novel,'The Restless Sea',the Jagos of Pentuan and Portgiskey were greeted with as much enthusiasm as had been the tales of the Retallick family in Chase the Wind,Ben Retallick and other novels.Hero of The Restless Sea and now Polrudden is Nathan Jago,prizefighter, drift fisherman and son of a Methodist preacher. Pugilism,deep-sea fishing for pilchards and the conflicts within the Methodist Church provide the background themes of this latest novel (then 1985).On a wild night a very young boy is rescued from a ship-wreck by Nathan.The boy's mother is drowned.Jean-Paul - as the boy is called -becomes an adopted child of Amy and Nathan Jago in their manor house at Polrudden. The child saved from the wreck is to have a dramatic impact on the future of Polrudden and it is not long before Nathan finds himself in Paris,in the company of a glamorous French aristocrat,the Marquise d'Orleans.Torn between his love for Amy and the exciting fascination of Henrietta,it is Polrudden,the ancient manor house,which decides Nathan's future. The drama of life and survival in Cornwall in the years 1813-1815 pervades the story, revealing fascinating historical details of the Cornish working-class struggle at this time,but the greater European story also impinges. Nathan encounters courtiers from the courts of Louis XVIII and Napoleon Bonaparte,meeting both King and Emperor. See also rja22196 - rja22216 for author's other titles. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.