First edition. 336pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends. Text block edges starting to tan, outer edge just starting to fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has very light shelf wear and chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price clipped. 8vo. Novel spanning nearly seventy year telling the story of proud Prussian, Misia Schmutter - the Empress of the Orinoco and her grandson Lucien whose travels to his beloved Venezuela led to him being arrested and convicted for a murder he did not commit.
