Volume twelve of A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight. In this novel of the troubled and decadent years before the Second World War, Phillip Maddison sees the survivors of the Western Front as a phoenix generation impelled to reject the past in order to make a country 'fit for heroes'. Yet he remains aloof from any direct action, preferring to plan his own history of the Great War and its aftermath while becoming deeply involved in his own problems. Looking meanwhile over the international scene, as the storm clouds of war ...
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Volume twelve of A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight. In this novel of the troubled and decadent years before the Second World War, Phillip Maddison sees the survivors of the Western Front as a phoenix generation impelled to reject the past in order to make a country 'fit for heroes'. Yet he remains aloof from any direct action, preferring to plan his own history of the Great War and its aftermath while becoming deeply involved in his own problems. Looking meanwhile over the international scene, as the storm clouds of war gather inexorably, the Faust-like figure of Hitler is preaching the advent of a new Europe, based on a thousand years of peace. 'He commands, and is able to turn to artistic ends, a powerful and mournful sense of the near past which has shaped and distorted us into what we are.' Normal Shrapnel, Guardian
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Add this copy of Phoenix Generation to cart. $14.43, good condition, Sold by Hay-on-Wye Booksellers rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1999 by Alan Sutton Publishing.
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Good. Light marks, scuffs & scratches to the softcover, wear to edges. Tanned textblock, darker at the edges. Content is in good condition. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 384 p. Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight, 12.
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Softcover edition. 12mo (20cm by 13cm), 384pp. Original laminated card wrappers. This book is in excellent condition. A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight, volume 12. ISBN 9780571278084.
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Very Good jacket. First Edition. 1st edition (1965); Very Good in unclipped Very Good dust jacket; very little wear to cloth; no markings to text. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
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Fine. Trade paperback (UK). Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight . In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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Good in Good jacket. First edition. Contemporary owner's name on front fly, dampstain with some mildew on board foredges, a good only copy in a good only dampstained dustwrapper. Part of the series: "A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight."
