The great fire of London : a novel / by Peter Ackroyd
1982, 1st edition, 2nd impression. London : Hamilton. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Light tanning evident in page margins. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 169 pages; Physical description: 169p. ; 23cm. Subjects: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 - Film and video adaptations - Fiction. Motion picture industry - England - London - Fiction. Summary: Spenser Spender wants to make a film of Dickens' "Little Dorrit" using a contemporary London prison as a set. But he is not the only person interested in Dickens. Unwittingly he becomes the catalyst for bizarre meetings, coincidences and events, culminating in an apocalyptic conflagration. Item #198645
ISBN: 0241107040
Price: €75.00