The Devil to Pay (First Edition)

Thompson, Earl

ISBN 10: 0453004040 / ISBN 13: 9780453004046

Published by Dutton Adult, 1981

About this Item

Dutton Adult (1981). First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A clean, tight copy. Comes with mylar dust jacket cover. Shipped in well-padded box. Smoke-free shop.

Seller Inventory # GW-511

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Devil to Pay (First Edition)
• Publisher: Dutton Adult
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0453004040
• ISBN 13: 9780453004046
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

A lieutenant's rank belying his undistinguished naval career, Richard Delancey finds that his fluency in French lands him a secret mission, but to his chagrin, it goes awry.

From the Publisher

Born in the north of England shortly before World War I, Cyril Northcote Parkinson pursued a distinguished academic career on both sides of the Atlantic. Before he ever turned his hand to fiction, he became famous for unveiling "Parkinson's Law," the widely known conjecture that work expands to fill the time allowed for its completion. Parkinson wrote many books concentrated on British politics and economics, but his Richard Delancey series has drawn favorable comparisons to Forester and the Hornblower stories. In fact, Parkinson's first fictional effort, a "biography" of Hornblower, has enjoyed considerable acclaim. C. Northcote Parkinson died in Canterbury, England in 1993.