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First UK Edition first print hardback of THE COVENANT by James A. Michener and published by Martin Secker & Warburg, London in 1980. Jacket design by Richard Adelson.
The book is in good condition (orange/light brown cloth boards, gold lettering on spine which has slight brown stains on front and inside the front board) with only slight wear to the dust jacket which is not price clipped (light creasing to the edges, some hairline marks at the back but nothing drastic). Internally, the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears and no inscriptions. There is a brown stain on page 39-40 which is slightly affecting the previous and following couple of pages. The text, however, is readable.
James A. Michener is one of America's best-loved authors of more than 40 titles. From his wartime experiences in the Solomon Islands came his first book, Tales of the South Pacific, which was brought out in 1947, the book won a Pulitzer Prize. It was adapted into Broadway musical. In addition to novels, he was very involved with non-fiction, movies, TV show series and radio.his novels sold an estimated 75 million copies worldwide. Most of Michener's works are historical novels, all distinguished by the thorough research which is his hallmark.His many honors and awards include honorary doctorates in five different fields and the Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award. In 1983, he received an award from the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, recognizing his long-standing and continuing support of the arts in America.
The main setting of this extraordinary novel is the stunning landscape of South Africa, but vivid episodes also take place in Indonesia, France, Holland and England. The dramatic presentation of actual and fictional characters in a background of historical events in a narative technique of which Mr. Michener has long been the acknowledged master - and never more ... more »powerfully than here.
The story begins 15,000 years ago with a clan of small brown people - the San, later called "Bushmen" - who are facing a crisis. A beautiful lake, long the center of their lives, is drying up, and they must move across a hostile African desert to seek better conditions. The hardships overcome by this intrepid band - hunters, wanderers, artist - are minor compared with what will eventually confront those who come after them. Some of these are next shown in the 15th century toiling in the gold mines that enrich the black empire of Zimbabwe. They are overseen by Nxumalo, who has achieved power and fortune in that great city and who is an ancestor of one of the three principal families in this book
The first European settlement in South Africa is a Dutch outpost established in 1652 at the Cape of Good Hope - a dangerous headland usually by-passed by ships sailing to and from the Far East. What begins there, several decades after the first English colonies in North America, parallels in many ways the growth of the United States, but with significant differences.
An original settler at the Cape is Willem van Doorn. Born in Java to a prominent Dutch family, he is a member of the first of the ten generations of Van Doorns who dominate this novel and an early contributor to the racial mixture that will later be despised and repressed as the Coloureds. He is a pioneer in the eastward movement which spreads his family and their countrymen across the southern tip of the continent to the Indian Ocean, confident in the belief that God has elected them to take this land by any means and hold it against any opposition.
The Covenant is a major novel about people, real and imaginary, caught up in the march of world history - a story of adventure and heroism, love and loyalty, cruelty and betrayal. Though not without comic elements, it portrays the tragic results of wrong decisions made by fundamentally decent people in the serene belief that they are right."
877 pages.
ISBN: 436 27966 5
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The book is in good condition (orange/light brown cloth boards, gold lettering on spine which has slight brown stains on front and inside the front board) with only slight wear to the dust jacket which is not price clipped (light creasing to the edges, some hairline marks at the back but nothing drastic). Internally, the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears and no inscriptions. There is a brown stain on page 39-40 which is slightly affecting the previous and following couple of pages. The text, however, is readable.
James A. Michener is one of America's best-loved authors of more than 40 titles. From his wartime experiences in the Solomon Islands came his first book, Tales of the South Pacific, which was brought out in 1947, the book won a Pulitzer Prize. It was adapted into Broadway musical. In addition to novels, he was very involved with non-fiction, movies, TV show series and radio.his novels sold an estimated 75 million copies worldwide. Most of Michener's works are historical novels, all distinguished by the thorough research which is his hallmark.His many honors and awards include honorary doctorates in five different fields and the Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award. In 1983, he received an award from the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, recognizing his long-standing and continuing support of the arts in America.
The main setting of this extraordinary novel is the stunning landscape of South Africa, but vivid episodes also take place in Indonesia, France, Holland and England. The dramatic presentation of actual and fictional characters in a background of historical events in a narative technique of which Mr. Michener has long been the acknowledged master - and never more ... more »powerfully than here.
The story begins 15,000 years ago with a clan of small brown people - the San, later called "Bushmen" - who are facing a crisis. A beautiful lake, long the center of their lives, is drying up, and they must move across a hostile African desert to seek better conditions. The hardships overcome by this intrepid band - hunters, wanderers, artist - are minor compared with what will eventually confront those who come after them. Some of these are next shown in the 15th century toiling in the gold mines that enrich the black empire of Zimbabwe. They are overseen by Nxumalo, who has achieved power and fortune in that great city and who is an ancestor of one of the three principal families in this book
The first European settlement in South Africa is a Dutch outpost established in 1652 at the Cape of Good Hope - a dangerous headland usually by-passed by ships sailing to and from the Far East. What begins there, several decades after the first English colonies in North America, parallels in many ways the growth of the United States, but with significant differences.
An original settler at the Cape is Willem van Doorn. Born in Java to a prominent Dutch family, he is a member of the first of the ten generations of Van Doorns who dominate this novel and an early contributor to the racial mixture that will later be despised and repressed as the Coloureds. He is a pioneer in the eastward movement which spreads his family and their countrymen across the southern tip of the continent to the Indian Ocean, confident in the belief that God has elected them to take this land by any means and hold it against any opposition.
The Covenant is a major novel about people, real and imaginary, caught up in the march of world history - a story of adventure and heroism, love and loyalty, cruelty and betrayal. Though not without comic elements, it portrays the tragic results of wrong decisions made by fundamentally decent people in the serene belief that they are right."
877 pages.
ISBN: 436 27966 5
PAYMENT CAN BE MADE BY CREDIT CARD VIA NOCHEX (SECURE PAYMENT PROCESSOR FOR UK & INTERNATIONAL BUYERS - NO FEES) WE ALSO ACCEPT CHEQUES OR POSTAL ORDERS IN BRITISH POUNDS AS WELL AS BANK DRAFTS ALSO IN BRITISH POUNDS
Please refer to the statement of delivery below:
* Payment by Credit Card or by postal order: item will be posted within 24 hours
* Payment by Cheque/Bank Draft: item will be posted when funds have cleared
* Combined postage if more than one item is purchased
Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.
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Condition:Used
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Product Code:1329
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Weight:1.5kg