White Ship Conquest Anarchy by Spencer Charles, First Edition (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st Edition, Hardback D/J price cut,Very light shelf wear, looks unread. Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry 1's Dream.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Jo Thomson (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, subsequent impression with '4' on copyright page. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, not price clipped (£25.00), no inscriptions, internally clean square and tight, overall a vg+ copy. 338pp, illustrated. The sinking of the White Ship in 1120 is one of the greatest disasters England had ever suffered. In one catastrophic night, the king's heir and the flower of Anglo Norman society were drowned and the future of the crown was thrown violently off course. In an accomplished narrative Charles Spencer follows the story from the Norman Conquest through to the decades that would become known as the Anarchy, a civil war of untold violence that saw families turn in on each other with English and Norman barons, rebellious Welsh princes and the Scottish king all playing a part in a desperate game of thrones. All because of the loss of one vessel, the White Ship, the medieval Titanic. Quite a scarce book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A lovely copy, bound in a red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Binding is tight and boards and spine are in very good condition. Dust jacket is in very good condition with slight wear. All pages are free from notations and markings. Edges are clean. With maps and illustrations. A very interesting examination of a fascinating period.

Hardback. Condition: New. First Edition. Hardback. 338pp. First edition, first printing. Two small selections of black and white plates. New, unread copy. New.

Hardback. Condition: New. First Edition. Hardback. 338pp. First edition, first printing. Two small selections of black and white plates. New, unread copy. New.