Author: ANTHONY, EVELYN (EVELYN BRIDGETT PATRICIA WARD-THOMAS)
Title: Valentina
Description: New York, NY: Signet, 1979. 1st Paperback Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0451085981. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition. The book covers have some light rubbing, wear, and edge wear to the spine ends, corners and book edges. There is one small chip to the rear foredge. The text pages are clean and bright. "Her pen name is derived from the name of St. Anthony of Padua, patron saint of lost things. Her writing career began with short stories that she submitted to women's magazines after the second world war. Anthony's first historical novel, Rebel Princess (1953) , focused on Catherine the Great. Other Anthony historical novels depicted Anne Boleyn (Anne Boleyn 1957) and Queen Victoria (Victoria and Albert 1958). Her historical novels Far Fly The Eagles and Valentina were both set during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. The later novels had a theme of espionage. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .

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