In this panoramic novel of Friar Roger Bacon, John Cowper Powys displays his genius at its most fecund. First published in 1956, this novel, set in thirteenth-century Wessex, is an amalgam of all the qualities that make John Cowper Powys unique. The love-story of Lil-Umbra and Raymond de Laon, and the quest of the Mongolian giant, Peleg, for Ghosta, the girl seen, loved, and lost on the battlefield, are intermingled with the historical, theological and magical threads which form the brocade of this novel. Dominating all ...
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In this panoramic novel of Friar Roger Bacon, John Cowper Powys displays his genius at its most fecund. First published in 1956, this novel, set in thirteenth-century Wessex, is an amalgam of all the qualities that make John Cowper Powys unique. The love-story of Lil-Umbra and Raymond de Laon, and the quest of the Mongolian giant, Peleg, for Ghosta, the girl seen, loved, and lost on the battlefield, are intermingled with the historical, theological and magical threads which form the brocade of this novel. Dominating all is the mysterious creation of Roger Bacon one of the boldest as well as most intricate of Powys' world-changing inventions. Professor G. Wilson Knight called this 'A book of wisdom and wonders'.
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Add this copy of The Brazen Head to cart. $22.50, fair condition, Sold by Second Story Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1956 by Macdonald.
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Book. Octavo; G/Fair+; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, brown with red and black print; DJ has edgewear with small tears at spine ends, rear top edge, and flap corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning, price-clipped; Boards in blue cloth with gold print, mild wear to spine caps, peripheral toning, else clean and strong; Text block has name in ink on front flyleaf, tanning to endpapers, light age-toning to paper, clean text; vii, 348 pages. 1356768. FP New Rockville Stock.
Add this copy of Brazen Head (Picador Books) to cart. $29.46, very good condition, Sold by Halcyon Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from LONDON, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1978 by Macmillan.
Add this copy of Brazen Head (Picador Books) to cart. $32.71, very good condition, Sold by Halcyon Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from LONDON, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1978 by Macmillan.
Add this copy of The Brazen Head to cart. $46.69, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Faber and Faber.
Add this copy of The Brazen Head to cart. $57.54, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Picador.
Add this copy of The Brazen Head to cart. $78.66, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Faber and Faber.
