Jenkins' Ear: A Narrative Attributed to Horace Walpole, Esq.

Description: Dust jacket by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. Historical fiction based on The War of Jenkins' Ear -- a name given to a conflict between England and Spain, the name coming from Robert Jenkins, a British sea captain who allegedly had his ear severed by Spanish coast guards. He used that ear, wrinkled and bleached from pickling, to drum up support for a war -- ''Come back with Spanish gold!'' was the cry, and the effects were felt as far away as Georgia and Mississippi in the New World. Includes the Book of the Month Club insert, with a review by Clifton Fadiman. BINDNG/CONDITION: dark wine colored cloth with gilt on the spine; a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the jacket is very good but for being faded at the spine. 8vo (8.5 inches tall). 474 pages.