The King's General
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: First edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Damaged
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: jacket barely intact around spine - front mainly in one piece as per photo. Binding tight. Pages clean.
Set against the turbulent backdrop of the English Civil War, this sweeping historical romance chronicles the passionate and ill-fated love between Honor Harris, a strong-willed Cornish woman, and Sir Richard Grenvile, the fierce and controversial Royalist general who commands her heart. Narrated with Du Maurier's signature atmospheric intensity, the novel unfolds across the grand estate of Menabilly — the author's own beloved home — weaving together themes of loyalty, sacrifice, and the devastating cost of war. Honor, rendered immobile by a riding accident, watches helplessly as the conflict tears apart the world she knows, and her account of Richard's brilliance and brutality is rendered with unflinching honesty. The King's General masterfully balances the intimate anguish of a love story with the grand sweep of seventeenth-century history, building to a haunting mystery hidden within the walls of Menabilly itself. Rich in period detail and emotional depth, it stands as one of Du Maurier's most accomplished and enduring works.
Author: Daphne Du Maurier
Format: Hardback
Published: 1946, Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Genre: Historical fiction
Edition: First edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Damaged
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: jacket barely intact around spine - front mainly in one piece as per photo. Binding tight. Pages clean.
Set against the turbulent backdrop of the English Civil War, this sweeping historical romance chronicles the passionate and ill-fated love between Honor Harris, a strong-willed Cornish woman, and Sir Richard Grenvile, the fierce and controversial Royalist general who commands her heart. Narrated with Du Maurier's signature atmospheric intensity, the novel unfolds across the grand estate of Menabilly — the author's own beloved home — weaving together themes of loyalty, sacrifice, and the devastating cost of war. Honor, rendered immobile by a riding accident, watches helplessly as the conflict tears apart the world she knows, and her account of Richard's brilliance and brutality is rendered with unflinching honesty. The King's General masterfully balances the intimate anguish of a love story with the grand sweep of seventeenth-century history, building to a haunting mystery hidden within the walls of Menabilly itself. Rich in period detail and emotional depth, it stands as one of Du Maurier's most accomplished and enduring works.