Mayken Karlzon's Diary: A Story of the Inquisition in Spain and Holland
Author(s):
C J L [C J Ladd]
![Mayken Karlzon's Diary: A Story of the Inquisition in Spain and Holland by C J L [C J Ladd] — front cover](/images/products/002058_1_ba_mid.webp)
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher Name: | G Morrish |
| Publication Year: | 1921 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| SKU: | 002058 |
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| Categories: | Children's Books - Vintage , Decorative and Pictorial Bindings |
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252pp. Monochrome plate frontispiece (by L Parker) with further decorations and illustrations in text. Illustrated blue cloth boards with four colour printing and gilt finishes. Spine Illustration. Boards rubbed at edges and a little mottled. Spine sunned. Prize plate on front endpaper indicating the volume was awarded to Nancy Brown at Holyhead Hall for high marks at Sunday School in 1922. Endpapers a little tanned and mild spotting. An intriguing, if heavily moralised, fictional account of a child's experiences of the inquisition in Spain and Holland: the book opens with Mayken Karlzon birthday in May 1565. Hard to find title. Lovely decorative cloth binding.
Keywords:
Fiction
War
Spanish History
Spanish Inquisition
Historical Fiction
