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Published 1933: First Edition / Hardcover / Very Good Condition / Illustrated Endpapers

Original green embossed cloth with gilt titles and decoration on the cover and spine. 851 clean and bright pages, mild speckled endpapers and marked edges. Boards slightly rubbed and faded with time and bumped on the corners consistent with age but remain firm and intact. (GT973)

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The fourth and final volume of the Herries Chronicles, described as 'incomparably the best' in The Daily Telegraph is a love story of 'effortless brilliance' (Observer) which starts with the triumph of Judith Paris's hundredth birthday in the 1870's and then moves to the tragic disillusionment of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Set, predominantly, as before, amidst the grandeur of the lake district landscape, it tells the passionate and unforgettable story of Vanessa, Judith's Granddaughter and her n'er-do-well cousin Benjie whom she had sworn in childhood never to betray.

Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. A best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, his works have been neglected since his death.

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/2263678.Vanessa