Book Details
Title: The Oxford Book of Villains
Author: John Mortimer
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 1992
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 431
Dimensions:
Weight:
ISBN: 0-19-214195-3
Battle Scars:
Overall good condition.
Outside:
The dust jacket is intact with some wear to extremities, mostly to top end of the spine. There is a tear that has previously been repaired with tape between the spine and front of the dust jacket. Mild scuffing. On the underside of the dust jacket there is some tanning and staining as pictured.
The hardcover is in very good condition. It is intact with some mild crushing to spine ends and a little bumping to corners.
The page margins (seen when book is closed) are clean.
Inside:
The binding is firm and intact.
Inside the front and back covers is clean.
The pages are clean and intact.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"Villains have been celebrated in song and drama, poem and fiction since the Bible first recorded the exploits of Adam's decedents. John Mortimer is ideally placed, as an author and QC, to compile an anthology of the most infamous representatives, real and imagined, of the criminal world.
Whether or not the Devil has all the best tunes, Milton's Satan has some very good lines, good enough, according to Marlowe and Goethe, to persuade a man to sell his soul. Not all villains are as anguished Faust, however; Sherlock Holmes's arch-enemy Moriarty suffers no qualms of conscience in his determination to destroy the sleuth, and Iago, to name but one of Shakespeare's villains, shows no remorse against Othello. The reputation of some real-life villains is so great that they too have acquired legendary status: Dr.Crippen, Lizzie Borden, and Al Capone are among the murderers remembered here.
Criminality takes many forms, from pickpocket and highwayman to pirate and con man. Here Jonathan Wild rubs shoulders with Mac the Knife, Captain Kidd with Captain Hook. Casanova, Don Juan, and Richardson's Lovelace have all mastered the pitiless art of seduction, while other villains betray their countries. Tyranny shows itself a brutal regime in the hands of Caligula and Nero, and more subtly oppressive within the family and schoolroom.
Attractive scoundrels and incompetent rogues, calculating murderers and unscrupulous swindlers pack these pages with a richness and variety that will by turns delight, surprise, and chill the reader. John Mortimer shapes this villainous crew into a unique and absorbing collection."
Book Details
Title: The Oxford Book of Villains
Author: John Mortimer
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 1992
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 431
Dimensions:
Weight:
ISBN: 0-19-214195-3
Battle Scars:
Overall good condition.
Outside:
The dust jacket is intact with some wear to extremities, mostly to top end of the spine. There is a tear that has previously been repaired with tape between the spine and front of the dust jacket. Mild scuffing. On the underside of the dust jacket there is some tanning and staining as pictured.
The hardcover is in very good condition. It is intact with some mild crushing to spine ends and a little bumping to corners.
The page margins (seen when book is closed) are clean.
Inside:
The binding is firm and intact.
Inside the front and back covers is clean.
The pages are clean and intact.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"Villains have been celebrated in song and drama, poem and fiction since the Bible first recorded the exploits of Adam's decedents. John Mortimer is ideally placed, as an author and QC, to compile an anthology of the most infamous representatives, real and imagined, of the criminal world.
Whether or not the Devil has all the best tunes, Milton's Satan has some very good lines, good enough, according to Marlowe and Goethe, to persuade a man to sell his soul. Not all villains are as anguished Faust, however; Sherlock Holmes's arch-enemy Moriarty suffers no qualms of conscience in his determination to destroy the sleuth, and Iago, to name but one of Shakespeare's villains, shows no remorse against Othello. The reputation of some real-life villains is so great that they too have acquired legendary status: Dr.Crippen, Lizzie Borden, and Al Capone are among the murderers remembered here.
Criminality takes many forms, from pickpocket and highwayman to pirate and con man. Here Jonathan Wild rubs shoulders with Mac the Knife, Captain Kidd with Captain Hook. Casanova, Don Juan, and Richardson's Lovelace have all mastered the pitiless art of seduction, while other villains betray their countries. Tyranny shows itself a brutal regime in the hands of Caligula and Nero, and more subtly oppressive within the family and schoolroom.
Attractive scoundrels and incompetent rogues, calculating murderers and unscrupulous swindlers pack these pages with a richness and variety that will by turns delight, surprise, and chill the reader. John Mortimer shapes this villainous crew into a unique and absorbing collection."
