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The Earl of Bessborough.
Triptych: A Trilogy of the Thirteenth Century.
Published London: William Heinemann, 1957 (Like Stars Appearing previously issued 1953).
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: J&J Gray, Edinburgh.
Size: 145×220×18mm.
Page count: xii,243pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the dustjacket on this copy is ragged; the book itself looks in generally good order.

This item £6.00
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 413g.

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A sequence of playscripts on the Plantagenets:
Like Stars Appearing re-enacts the struggle between St. Richard and Henry III, with Robert Grosseteste a powerful figure in the background;
The Noon is Night explores the conflict between Henry III and Simon de Montfort;
Darker the Sky primarily concerns Edward I’s relations with the Scots, in particular William Wallace and Robert the Bruce.

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