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Hardcover. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. viii, 330 pp. The Harvard Women's Studies in Religion Series. LCC: 8570448 Good condition; moderately faded; a touch of foxing on top endpapers; color bleaching along edges of cover.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Vermeer, Jan (jacket painting); Seow, Jackie (jacket design); Fischer, Judith (author photograph); Putori, Jaime (book design) (illustratore). 1st Edition. Fine unread condition olive green boards, navy blue cloth spine, and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Lists of Other Books by David Hackett Fischer; Author Dedication; Introduction: In Search of Champlain; Notes; Bibliography; Map Sources; Art Credits; Acknowledgments and Index. Illustrated with two sections of color photographic plates, plus black-and-white photos and maps interspersed throughout the volume and color illustrated front and rear endpapers. "In this sweeping, enthralling biography, acclaimed historian David Hackett Fischer brings to life the remarkable Samuel de Champlain - soldier, spy, master mariner, explorer, cartographer, artist, and Father of New France. Born on France's Atlantic coast, Champlain grew to manhood in a country riven by religious warfare. The historical record is unclear on whether Champlain was baptized Protestant or Catholic, but he fought in France's religious wars for the man who would become Henri IV, one of France's greatest kings, and like Henri, he was religiously tolerant in an age of murderous sectarianism. Champlain was also a brilliant navigator. He went to sea as a boy and over time acquired the skills that allowed him to make twenty-seven Atlantic crossings without losing a ship. But we remember Champlain mainly as a great explorer. On foot and by ship and canoe, he traveled through what are now six Canadian provinces and five American states. Over more than thirty years he founded, colonized, and administered French settlements in North America. Sailing frequently between France and Canada, he maneuvered through court intrigue in Paris and negotiated among more than a dozen Indian nations in North America to establish New France. Champlain had early support frm Henri IV and later Louis XIII, but the Queen Regent Marie de Medici and Cardinal Richelieu opposed his efforts. Despite much resistance and many defeats, Champlain, by his astonishing dedication and stamina, finally established France's New World colony. He tried constantly to maintain peace among Indian nations that were sometimes at war with one another, but when he had to, he took up arms and forcefully imposed a new balance of power, proving himself a formidable strategist and warrior. Throughout his three decades in North America, Champlain remained committed to a remarkable vision, a Grand Design for France's colony. He encouraged intermarriage among the French colonists and the natives, and he insisted on tolerance for Protestants. He was a visionary leader, especially when compared to his English and Spanish contemporaries - a man who dreamed of humanity and peace in a world of cruelty and violence. This superb biography, the first in decades, is as dramatic and exciting as the life it portrays. Deeply researched, it is illustrated throughout with many contemporary images and maps, including several drawn by Champlain himself." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.

paperback. Condizione: As New. Excellent condition. Pages are crisp and clean with no markings. Ships promptly.

Stapled Softcover. Condizione: Very Good Minus. Illus. by JOAN COLLINS, PAMELA FENTON et al (illustratore). First Edition. Seven issues of 'The Phoenix', magazine of King Edward's High School for Girls, Birmingham, containing news, articles, etc. (by members of staff/pupils) coverting various topics, including: fruit-picking camps in 1942 and 1944 and other wartime reminiscences/youth-hostelling/brief obituary for Rosemary Eileen Major/'How we started our Old Edwardian Club' by Margaret F. Pugh (first Secretary of the Club)/memoriam notices for Edith Helen Major (15th Feb., 1867-17th Mar., 1951; Head Mistress of King Edward's High School for Girls 1910-1925) contributed by (among others) Dame [Madeline] Dorothy Brock (Head Mistress of Mary Datchelor School) and Gwyneth Lloyd Thomas (Tutor in English, Girton College)/memoriam notices for Mary Sybil Smith (8th Nov., 1897-16th Dec., 1952; Head Mistress of the school 1942-1952) by (among others) W. Byng Kenrick/obituaries for Beatrice Kathleen Rattey (1874-1952), teacher at the school. All issues with black paper covers, titling. etc. printed in grey to front covers; illus. bw. drawings/photos. Covers/pages quite crisp/clean/bright. Occasional names/annotations in ink. A collection in VG- condition overall. PRICE INCLUDES UK POSTAGE & PACKING. Magazine.