The Knights of the White Rose
London: F.V. White & Co., 1897. Very Good. Item #12348
London: F.V. White & Co., 1897. First Edition. Octavo; [viii], 311pp. Six plates including frontis, all present. Publisher's illustrated cloth. Boards rubbed along edges with some exposure to corners, some scuffs and smudges to surface. Spine ends crushed, and spine a touch cocked. Endpapers toned. Some occasional marginal thumpbrints and smudges, but pages unmarked. Binding is secure. Opens easily between gatherings, but binding is secure.
In A Readers' Guide to Irish Fiction, Stephen J. Brown summarizes the novel: "The adventures of three young soldiers, an Englishman (the hero), and Irishman, and a Scotchman, in a Royalist crack regiment. Lively descriptions of fighting before Derry and at the Boyne. Good outline of the campaign, but little historical detail or description. Told in pleasant style with plenty of go" (Brown p. 19).
[Currey p. 210].
Price: $100.00