|
|
|
Item Detailed Information
|
MASTER OF BALLANTRAE: A Winter's Tale
Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis
Publisher: A. L. Burt Company, NY, 1917
Near Fine with no dust jacket. Hard Cover Hardcover without dust jacket. 12mo (5 x 7.5"). 318 pp. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Ex-Library with only minimal markings. Pages beginning to brown, else fine. NEAR FINE. In December 1887 Stevenson wrote that he had 'fallen head over heels into a new tale A most seizing tale; there are some fantastic elements; the most is a dead genuine human problem - human tragedy, I should say rather. ' The Master of Ballantrae opens in the old Scottish house of Durisdeer, ancestral home of the Duries, a family divided by the Jacobite rising of 1745. Its adventure draws in sea voyages, piracy, buried treasure, magic and nightmare, and centers on the fatal rivalry between two brothers, James and Henry, and the wealthy and beautiful kinswoman who loves one brother but marries the other. "The Master is all I know of the devil, " Stevenson confessed, and the satanic, virile, seductive figure of James Durie dominates the novel. The family servant Mackellar narrates The Master of Ballantrae and his divided loyalties dramatize the question of 'mastery'. Ex-Library. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Quantity available: 1.
Price: US$6.95
|
|
Appr.:
|
AUD 6.81 |
CAD 6.96 |
EUR 5.27 |
GBP 4.46 |
JPY 632 |
MXN 77 |
ZAR 63 |
|
|
Add to cart to purchase this book now.
|
|
Contact us with a question about this book.
|
Terms of Sale:
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned in the same condition within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
|
|
Want to find more items on this subject? Click here
|
|
