Published by Harris, 1932
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 414pp. Red cloth, Decorative gilt and lettering. frontispiece. Author inscription on the front free endpaper. Very light wear to the externals, otherwise internally near fine copy. Unclipped heraldic pictorial design on the front panel. Significant chipping along the extremities. in mylar sleeve. Fictional biography of Thomas Cramner, Henry the Eighth's famous Archbishop.Cranmer's life was full of drama from the time that Henry VIII, wishing to divorce Katherine of Aragon in favor of Anne Boylen, heard of the plan suggested by the young churchman and sent for him with the remark that "he has got the right sow by the ear"; it covered three reigns, Henry's, Edward's and Bloody Mary's; and it casme to a fine climax in his heroic death at the stake. Signed and Inscribed By Author. Book.