First edition, first printing. 256pp. Yellow cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Covers foxed. Bumped spine ends. Text block edges and endpapers starting to fox. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has loss at spine ends, shelf wear, chipping to edges, price unclipped. 8vo.
Historical novel set in Rome and written in the first person through the eyes of Cesare Borgia. Jacket designed by Hans Tisdall.
