panic spring romance von durrell lawrence (3 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 272 pages. 9.00x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st edn. ~Original salmon cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Minor marking to boards; spine slightly darkened and slightly cocked. Foxing to page edges. Hinges sound. Endpapers uncracked at gutters. Mild foxing to endpapers; very minor scattered foxing throughout. Lawrence Durrell''s extremely uncommon second novel (his first written on Corfu). ''The first of Durrell''s books to be published by Faber who suggested a pseudonym because Pied Piper of Lovers had been a failure'' (Thomas). Inscribed by the author in red ink to front free endpaper: ''To Nike Theotoke Rally / From Larry Durrell. Corfu 1937 Greece'' (the place and date in angular Greek-style letters; the main inscription framed at top and bottom by curved lines, the top line with the initials of Durrell''s pseudonym, ''c.n.''). The dedicatee here, Nike or Niky, is almost certainly Niky Rallis, later Niky McIntyre (1920-2018). Descended from two of Corfu''s most significant political dynasties, the Theotokis and Rallis families (both of whom produced multiple Prime Ministers - Niky''s name, ''victory'', commemorates a famous election victory by her grandfather Dimitrios), Niky Rallis grew up in Corfu and as a young woman knew both Lawrence Durrell and Henry Miller. The latter remembered her in The Colossus of Maroussi, his account of exploring Greece with Durrell, as ''Niki'', who ''had Nile green eyes and her hair seemed to be entwined with serpents''. Niky''s father, Ioannis Rallis, was to serve as Prime Minister from 1943-1944 as part of the collaborationist regime under the Nazi occupation. Niky herself worked as a war nurse and as a member of the Greek resistance: due to her fluency in German and English she was assigned to work with British agents, one of whom, the Royal Engineer Lieutenant Harry Mcintyre, was to become her husband. Appropriately, one of their earlier missions saw them disguised as bride and bridegroom, smuggling explosives beneath their car; McIntyre was later to destroy the Asopos Viaduct, an act of sabotage which earned him a Military Cross. Niky and her husband settled in Britain after the war. She ''was always loath to talk about her wartime exploits, (.) and sought no acknowledgement for risking her life'' (Obituary, The Telegraph, 31 October 2018). Thomas 7. ~Robust packaging. Overseas orders trackable on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. Size: 330pp.