| Title:
The
General Strike – A Historical Portrait by Julian Symons |
|
Description:
The
General Strike of 1926 began on the 3rd May and lasted
for 10 days ending on the 12 May. It was an important
event in British History splitting the people into two
camps, threatening the survival of parliament and bringing
the country nearer to revolution than it had ever been.
This book attempts to give a full account of this event,
the author obtaining his sources from the Trade Unions,
the Conservative and Labour Parties and from personal
contact with those involved. It is one of the most complete
books on the subject.
|
| Author:
Born
in 1912 Julian Symons is primarily remembered as a master
of the art of crime writing. However, in his eighty-two
years he produced an enormously varied body of work. Social
and military history, biography and criticism were all subjects
he touched upon with remarkable success, and he held a distinguished
reputation in each field. His novels were consistently highly
individual and expertly crafted, raising him above other
crime writers of his day. It is for this that he was awarded
various prizes, and, in 1982, named as Grand Master of the
Mystery Writers of America - an honour accorded to only
three other English writers before him: Graham Greene, Eric
Ambler and Daphne Du Maurier. He succeeded Agatha Christie
as the president of Britain's Detection Club, a position
he held from 1976 to 1985, and in 1990 he was awarded the
Cartier Diamond Dagger from the British Crime Writer. He
died in 1994. |
| Binding:
Hardcover. |
| Date
Published:
First published 1957 |
Edition:
This
edition 1959 |
| Jacket
Condition: Very
good condition with gold cover with gold guilt on spine
which is protected by a picture dust jacket which is generally
in good order but has some minor tears. |
| Book
Condition:
Very good condition containing 251 pages, 8 of which contain
black & white photographs. |
| Publisher:
Readers Union, The Cresset Press, London. |
| ISBN:
No
number. |
| Size
& Weight: 19.8
cm x 12 cm (H x W). 2.3 cm thick. |
