Author: JENNINGS, GARY
Title: Spangle
Description: New York: Atheneum, 1987. Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 068911723X. Boards show light shelf wear, sticker glue remnants on FFEP, front bottom fore corner worn. DJ creased top of spine. ; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 869 pages; "Jennings spent considerable time accompanying modern circuses to write this long historical novel that begins with one conflict on the American continent - the Civil War and ends vividly with another, in Europe - the Franco-Prussian War. After the Confederate Army lays down its weapons at Appomattox two ex-rebel soldiers join up with the ragtag Florilegium circus making its way through the back towns of war-torn Virginia. The circus's leader, an Alsatian named Florian, tours with the unusual international players and their seedy animals. Desiring grand success, they cross the sea to rival the big tops of Europe, and journey from Italy, through the Germanic countries, over to Russia and finally to France. Along the way, performers join and leave, or are killed through dangerous stunts and misfortunes; amorous affairs among the multinational circus people begin and, often tragically, end; the royalty of Europe shares confidences with the entertainers; and Florilegium is transformed from small-town American carnival to major European circus. Spangle is a novel about a spectacle, but the reader's hope that it will acquire momentum is not quite fulfilled at least until its stirring look at the invaded France of 1870. Jennings does provide intriguing circus lore, and he retells 19th century social history as if it were unfolding news." (Pub. Wkly). Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .
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Title: Spangle
Description: New York: Atheneum, 1987. Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 068911723X. Boards show light shelf wear, sticker glue remnants on FFEP, front bottom fore corner worn. DJ creased top of spine. ; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 869 pages; "Jennings spent considerable time accompanying modern circuses to write this long historical novel that begins with one conflict on the American continent - the Civil War and ends vividly with another, in Europe - the Franco-Prussian War. After the Confederate Army lays down its weapons at Appomattox two ex-rebel soldiers join up with the ragtag Florilegium circus making its way through the back towns of war-torn Virginia. The circus's leader, an Alsatian named Florian, tours with the unusual international players and their seedy animals. Desiring grand success, they cross the sea to rival the big tops of Europe, and journey from Italy, through the Germanic countries, over to Russia and finally to France. Along the way, performers join and leave, or are killed through dangerous stunts and misfortunes; amorous affairs among the multinational circus people begin and, often tragically, end; the royalty of Europe shares confidences with the entertainers; and Florilegium is transformed from small-town American carnival to major European circus. Spangle is a novel about a spectacle, but the reader's hope that it will acquire momentum is not quite fulfilled at least until its stirring look at the invaded France of 1870. Jennings does provide intriguing circus lore, and he retells 19th century social history as if it were unfolding news." (Pub. Wkly). Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: 068911723X Circus moscow Paris budapest Fiction::Historical
Price: US$ 25.00 Seller: Ainsworth Books
- Book number: 20444
- Book number: 20444
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