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- PublisherMcClelland & Stewart
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0771079087
- ISBN 13 9780771079085
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages384
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THE DEVIL'S BROKER: SEEKING GOLD, GOD, AND GLORY IN 14th CENTURY ITALY.
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Canadian Edition. 366 pp, 9 1/4" H. "The second son of a minor English landowner, John Hawkwood chose to head south in 1360 after serving as a captain in the Black Prince's war against France. He and other freebooters successfully held the Avignon pope to ransom, and when they were paid to desist and go to Italy, they discovered that the threat of force could be very profitable indeed. The Italian city states - Florence, Milan, Siena, and Pisa - offered the richest pickings in Europe. By alternately besieging and protecting them, Hawkwood became the most wily, reliable, and successful mercenary leader of his time, leading the Italians to conclude that 'the Devil is an Englishman'. This is the story of an age when everything came to have a price, when the mercenary companies were vastly rich corporations with their own accountatns, lawyers, and orators. it was also a time of cultural greatness, creating the ferment that would give birth to the Renaissance. (The author) creates a glittering and hard-edged evocation of an era peopled by characters ranging from Chaucer, Petrarch, and Boccaccio to St. Catherine of Sienna, a succession of corrupt, incompetent and venal popes, and the tyrannical Visconti family of Milan." Very light toning to the edges of th text block. Dust jacket has light wrinkling at the top of the spine and the front flap-fold. Not Signed. Seller Inventory # 31128
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Book Description Condition: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. Seller Inventory # 0771079087-2-3
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine (-). 1st. (CAD) First printing. No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with very light rubbing to the back panel. Boards, xviii, 366pp, index. Maps; B&W and colour illus. This is a vivid account of Sir John Hawkwood, an Englishman, who wnet to Italy and became the mist successful mercenary leader of his time. "Simply the most vivid account of the late medieval world I have ever read"--Terry Jones, Monty Python. (1.8 JM LVR 201/b5 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Seller Inventory # 69185
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. (CAD) First printing. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Boards, xviii, 366pp, index. Maps; B&W and colour illus. This is a vivid account of Sir John Hawkwood, an Englishman, who wnet to Italy and became the mist successful mercenary leader of his time. "Simply the most vivid account of the late medieval world I have ever read"--Terry Jones, (Monty Python). (1.8 JM HOQ 102/b3 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Seller Inventory # 04813
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 384 Pages Illus. Seller Inventory # 047183
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Book Description Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 8vo pp. xviii 2 366."This is the story of an age when everything came to have a price, when the mercenary companies werevastly rich corporations with their own accountants, lawyers, and orators. It was also a time of cultural greatness, creating the ferment that would give birth to the Renaissance. In The DevilĀ s Broker, Stonor Saunders?. book. Seller Inventory # 297729
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Book Description Condition: Good. Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. Seller Inventory # 0771079087-2-4
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 366 pp. Illus. Spine bumped. Jacket has light edgewear. The account of John Hawkwood, an Englishman who led a mercenary company in Italy, alternately beseiging and protecting the various city states. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Seller Inventory # HIS1953
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