Footfalls in Memory : Reflections from Solitude (Signed)

First edition, first printing. 200pp. Quarter bound in blue cloth over brown cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends. Signed by author on half-title page. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has light chipping to bottom edge, price unclipped. 8vo.For the first year of his solitary confinement in Beirut, Terry Waite was given nothing to read. During those days, not only did he write his autobiography in his head, but he also attempted to remember all the books, poems and prayers he had read during his life. Eventually his guards mellowed and he was given books. He received a wide variety ranging from Herodotus to the novels of Dorothy L. Sayers. Here Terry Waite has gathered together selections from the books he remembered, the books he received and some of the books he wished he had received.