George MacDonald Fraser BLACK AJAX First Edition Signed
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George MacDonald Fraser BLACK AJAX First Edition Signed
First edition, first print hardback of BLACK AJAX by George MacDonald Fraser and published by Harper Collins Publishers, London, in 1997. Signed to a previous owner by Fraser on the title page. With full numberline 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 on the copyright page.The book is in very good condition (Clean black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine) with some pronounced age tanning around the page edges. The book is in a near fine unclipped dust jacket which has no wear to speak of. Internally, the pages are otherwise clean and tight and there are no tears and no inscriptions.
"In the spirit of Flashman and in the inimitable George MacDonald Fraser style comes a rousing story of prize fighting in the 19th century. Reissued in a stunning new package, Black Ajax will attract a new generation of fans.
When Captain Buck Flashman sees the black boxer catch a fly in mid-flight he realizes that he is in the presence of speed such as the prize ring has never seen. Tom Molineaux may be crude and untutored, but if Mad Buck knows anything (and like his notorious son, the archcad Harry Flashman, he has an unerring eye for the main chance), this ex-slave from America is a Champion in the making, on whose broad shoulders the ambitious Captain can climb to sporting and social fame. Under his patronage, the Black Ajax is carried on a popular tide of sporting fever to his great dream: to fight the invincible, undefeated Champion of England, the great Tom Cribb.
The story of Molineaux and his eventual battles with Cribb is told through a series of superbly original and individual voices colourful, powerful and funny. Together they create a magnificent picture of Regency England and a portrait of a flawed hero who surmounted the barriers of ignorance, poverty and race hatred to bring the prize ring a lustre it had never known before, and may never again."
'Mr Fraser is a great historical novelist and in Black Ajax he is at the very top of his form. Damme if he aint. - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
This is not a flashy novel, wearing its learning noisily. Its rigorous, intelligent, meticulously horrifying. Wonderfully well done. - Nicci Gerrard, Observer
248 pages.
ISBN: 0002255855
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