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Jimmy thackery & tab benoitwe ask you to make a distinction between a complaint and cancellationaction & adventurechildren's music & audio storieswe try to assess the exact condition of the goods as objectively as possible
17 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beaconsfield an undated copy of thackery's classic vanity fair plus two more short works, novels by eminent hands and the diary of c jeames de la pluche esq with his lettersthe cloth-covered hardback has some wear and bumping but is intactpublished in new york by cassell publishing companythere is an annotation on the second endpaper suggesting it was published beforethe binding is sound and the pages unmarked apart from some spotting and the above annotation
17 €
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With a dedication, on the front free end papernot all of the convicts survived the journey and made it to australiaafter enduring many months of squalor, degradation, brutality and deprivation on board a prison ship, john finally reaches his destinationduring the eight month passage, two guards become john's nemeses and frequently try to harm himoxfam bookshop brigg john best is a master carpenter who works hard to provide for his family in 19th century east angliasee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen he witnesses the murder of a fellow convict, john promises that, within a year he will avenge the killing and make the perpetrators pay for their crimeluke encourages john to consider the plight of the labouring classes and to attend a protest meeting which soon turns uglyone day he meets a stranger, luke thackery; a chance encounter, which will change his life foreverjohn's promise is the story of one man's struggle to survive the frequent violence, prove his innocence and clear his name, get justice for his friend and be reunited with his beloved wife rebecca and return to englanda riot ensues and john is wrongly arrested and falsely accused of sedition, tried, found guilty and sentenced to be transported to australia, far away from his beloved familysigned by the author on 7th decthe book is in fine condition with an "as-new" appearance
4 €