The King Who Was A King: The Book Of A Film
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.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
From one of the greatest visionary minds of the twentieth century comes The King Who Was a King: The Book of a Film, a bold and unconventional narrative in which H. G. Wells channels his restless imagination into the cinematic form — a medium he believed could reshape public consciousness. The story follows a young monarch thrust into the brutal machinery of modern warfare and political intrigue, forced to choose between the inherited duties of his crown and his own conscience, in a world teetering on the edge of catastrophe. Written as a prose treatment for a film never ultimately produced, it stands as a passionate anti-war manifesto wrapped in the guise of romantic adventure. Wells brings to this work the same urgent moral clarity that distinguished The War of the Worlds and The Shape of Things to Come, presenting a scathing critique of nationalism, militarism, and the cynical ambitions of the ruling class. His prose is direct and polemical, carrying the unmistakable voice of a man who believed literature — and art in any form — had a duty to challenge the world rather than merely reflect it. Published by Ernest Benn Limited of London, this rare volume offers a fascinating window into Wells at his most politically impassioned, and leaves the reader asking whether a king — or any man — can truly defy the forces that made him.
Author: H. G. Wells
Format: Hardback
Published: 1929, Ernest Benn Limited
Genre: Fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
From one of the greatest visionary minds of the twentieth century comes The King Who Was a King: The Book of a Film, a bold and unconventional narrative in which H. G. Wells channels his restless imagination into the cinematic form — a medium he believed could reshape public consciousness. The story follows a young monarch thrust into the brutal machinery of modern warfare and political intrigue, forced to choose between the inherited duties of his crown and his own conscience, in a world teetering on the edge of catastrophe. Written as a prose treatment for a film never ultimately produced, it stands as a passionate anti-war manifesto wrapped in the guise of romantic adventure. Wells brings to this work the same urgent moral clarity that distinguished The War of the Worlds and The Shape of Things to Come, presenting a scathing critique of nationalism, militarism, and the cynical ambitions of the ruling class. His prose is direct and polemical, carrying the unmistakable voice of a man who believed literature — and art in any form — had a duty to challenge the world rather than merely reflect it. Published by Ernest Benn Limited of London, this rare volume offers a fascinating window into Wells at his most politically impassioned, and leaves the reader asking whether a king — or any man — can truly defy the forces that made him.