Lawrence Norfolk — Lempriere&Apos;S Dictionary

London, Sinclair-Stevenson LTD, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of the debut novel of Lawrence Norfolk, an interesting piece of historical fiction surrounding John Lempriere's 'Bibliotheca Classica&apos. A limited edition of one hundred and fifty numbered copy, this copy is numbered one hundred and one.Signed by the author to the limitation leaf.In the original glassine wrap.'Lempriere's Dictionary' is a sprawling historical fiction novel, set across two centuries. In 1788, John Lempriere published a classical dictionary, and unravels facts about events from the beginning of the seventeenth century which led to a massacre of thirty thousand men, women, and children in La Rochelle.This is the debut novel of Lawrence Norfolk, for which he won the Somerset Maugham Award. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with marbled paper to the boards, in the original unclipped glassine wrap. Externally, fine. Glassine wrap is a little age-toned and edge worn. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good Indeed.