2002, ISBN: 5ef1c9f524f76d3d1444f105c460ae31

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New York: Viking; Penguin, 2002. [xvii], 478 pages, [24] pages of plates, illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. First printing. Light edgewear to boards & dust jacket. Anothe… Meer...

New York: Viking; Penguin, 2002. [xvii], 478 pages, [24] pages of plates, illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. First printing. Light edgewear to boards & dust jacket. Another copy available. "In this superb history, two seasoned journalists unfold the decisive campaigns of the desert war that began with the Italian invasion of Egypt in September 1940 and ended with the mass surrender of Axis forces in Tunis in May 1943. Writing with great verve and style, John Bierman and Colin Smith create a stunning panorama peopled by some of the most glamorous, dangerous and mysterious figures in the war. At the center of this sweeping narrative stand two heroes, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, the notorious 'Desert Fox,' and the British Lieutenant General Bernard 'Monty' Montgomery, whose showdown at the little Egyptian railway stop of El Alamein is one of the great moments in military history. Bierman and Smith have interviewed scores of survivors and tracked down hitherto overlooked primary sources to craft a historic narrative that reads like a novel. Here too is the remarkable true story of the shadowy Hungarian adventurer Laszlo Almasy, the prototype for the romantic English patient of Michael Ondaatje's novel. Triumphant tactical warfare, an exotic backdrop, wrenching personal conflicts both inside and between the armies-The Battle of Alamein has it all. This is military history at its absolute best. / John Bierman and Colin Smith are the coauthors of Fire in the Night, the widely praised biography of Orde Wingate, and have separately written numerous books. Bierman is an ex-BBC television correspondent and documentary filmmaker. Smith covered many wars for the Observer as well as serving as their defense, Middle East, Asia, and Washington correspondent." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo., Viking; Penguin, 2002, 3, New York, NY E. P. Dutton, 1961. Paperback First Ed thus; unstated. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a faint toning to the white background field. Binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. 320pp. First Ed thus; unstated. Mass Market Paperback. I am amazed by how different the first three novels of Durrell's ALEXANDRIA QUARTET are from one another. JUSTINE, the first, is a highly subjective account, by a writer drunk on words and sensations, of sexual intrigues among a small coterie in Alexandria in the later 1930s. BALTHAZAR, the second, adds other points of view and offer longer vistas to show the same entanglements in a rather different light. The third, MOUNTOLIVE, embraces many of the same characters over the same period of time, but its texture is entirely different, reading much more like a normal novel. Although Darley, the original narrator, makes occasional appearances, this book abandons first-person narrative entirely. In a further move towards objectivity, it focuses on a professional diplomat, Sir David Mountolive, who is appointed British Ambassador to Egypt at about the time the overlapping action begins. But the book begins several decades earlier, building up Mountolive's personality, showing the man of feeling behind the professional neutrality of his facade. As a much younger attaché at the start of the novel, he became the lover of Leila Hosnani, the mother of powerful brothers Nessim and Narouz, who are as important to this book as they were to BALTHAZAR. Leila's friendship, continued through the years by correspondence, is a powerful force drawing Mountolive back to Egypt, but ultimately a liability when he has to act in an official capacity towards the end. Durrell's writing is a fine as ever, but now it is active rather than static; he seems less concerned with philosophy and description, more with character and action. In particular, the book is structured around a number of two-person encounters, each distinctly different from the others, exquisitely well observed in terms of the interplay of character, and often taking surprising turns. Not even the desert ride in BALTHAZAR, for instance, can match the drama of Nessim's final confrontation with Narouz. None of the sexual activity in JUSTINE can touch the sad bedroom encounter between Pursewarden and Melissa, whose very failure proves so pivotal to the plot. And at the very end of the book, as the characters find themselves trapped in situations of their own making, Durrell returns to his earlier virtuoso style with a vengeance, creating an atmosphere of nightmare that propels the action towards a climactic tour-de-force, even while sounding the knell of earlier hopes., E. P. Dutton, 1961., 0<

1961, ISBN: 5ef1c9f524f76d3d1444f105c460ae31

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 5.57], [PU: E. P. Dutton and Co.], 1961. Fourth Printing. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. M… Meer...

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 5.57], [PU: E. P. Dutton and Co.], 1961. Fourth Printing. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.<

1961, ISBN: 5ef1c9f524f76d3d1444f105c460ae31

E. P. Dutton & Co.. Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Cloth soiled; DJ flaps foxed. ; 8.10 X 5.30 X 1.10 inches ., E. P. Dutton & Co., 1961, 2.75