Mercenaries (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)

Ludlow, Jack (Pseudonym Of David Donachie)

ISBN 10: 0749007508 / ISBN 13: 9780749007508

Published by Allison & Busby, London, 2009

About this Item

VG/VG. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, without dedication on title-page. Signing reads, 'David Donachie/writing as/Jack Ludlow'. The first novel in the author's Conquest series. Light age tanning to edges of pages; bumping to rear cover next to spine; d/w has edge tear (34 mm long) on rear panel next to spine; else a very good copy, in a very good d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.

Seller Inventory # 16167

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mercenaries (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
• Publisher: Allison & Busby, London
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749007508
• ISBN 13: 9780749007508
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction
  • Modern First Edition

About this title

Synopsis

1033 - Normandy. It will be 30 years before William Duke of Normandy sails to England and does battle at Hastings, but the events that lead up to that epic moment are already taking shape. The twelve sons of Tancred de Hauteville are forced out of their native region of Normandy and take service as mercenaries in Italy - their swords, like those of the confreres who had preceded them, for hire to anyone who would pay. The de Hautvilles were destined to become the most powerful warriors of medieval times.

About the Author

Jack Ludlow is the pseudonym of David Donachie, who was born in Edinburgh in 1944. The author of a number of bestselling books, he now lives in Deal.