Check to your king (New Zealand classics) - Hardcover
Step back to a time where New Zealand is vast, exotic and undiscovered. The romance of becoming a ruler, possibly even a king in this unclaimed land seems easily achievable. At least this is what Baron Charles de Thierry must have felt when he named himself Sovereign Chief of New Zealand. The story of this french adventurer is also the story of a young New Zealand and his adventures are retold as though the author herself witnessed it. Robin Hyde's clever merging of historic events and fictional “what ifs” creates a masterpiece. Hyde tells the tale well and with her usual lyrical and colourful style. A historical must-read.
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- PublisherGolden Press
- Publication date1975
- ISBN 10 0855584483
- ISBN 13 9780855584481
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages288
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. E.A. Gifford -- Cover Art (illustrator). Reprint. author's note. Blue coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. A little bumping to the backstrip edges and rubbing to the book corners. Light foxing, dustiness and browning to the top text block edge and light browning to the other edges. Illustrated dustwrapper (wraparound), being a reproduction of E.A. Gifford's painting "Auckland from the Wharf, 1887", with brown and red titles to the front panel and backstrip. Minor rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and faint fading to the backstrip. A novel based on one of New Zealand's most eccentric and a romantic colonisers Baron De Thierry -- the self-styled king of Pokeno of Hokianga. Part of the New Zealand Classics series. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XII, 288 pages, Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: E.A. Gifford -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Fiction -- Historical; New Zealand; ISBN: 0855584483. ISBN/EAN: 9780855584481. Inventory No: 0107143. Seller Inventory # 0107143
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Check to Your King (New Zealand classics)(Hardback) This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # 7719-9780855584481
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