Stella & Rose's Books

MARTYRS AND MURDERERS: THE GUISE FAMILY AND THE MAKING OF EUROPE
Written by Stuart Carroll.
Stock no. 1831629
Hardback. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of three generations of treacherous, bloodthirsty power-brokers. One of the richest and most powerful families in sixteenth-century France, the House of Guise played a pivotal role in the history of Europe. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 345 pages including index. ISBN: 9780199229079. Third printing. Boards clean. Text block has some minor foxing. Some minor surface paper damage to plates where plates have stuck together and been prised apart. Else a nice, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, lightly rubbed at corners.