My Life For My Sheep

New York, NY: Weybright and Talley. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1955. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Cover Art; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but does have spots of ground-in dirt, especially to the front panel. "Duggan's novels are known for being based on meticulous historical research. He also wrote popular histories of Ancient Rome and the Middle Ages. Knight with Armour was his first novel, written in 1946. He visited practically every place and battlefield described in the book, because he was also an archaeologist, having worked on excavations in Istanbul during the 1930s. Unlike many historical novelists, he does not idealise his subjects. A few of the characters are noble, some rather nasty, many mixed in their motives. Some of the novels can be seen as funny, in a dry, noir style. A recurring theme is the slow moral corruption of a character who begins with an exalted opinion of himself as noble, wise and brave but who gradually compromises himself morally." (from Wikipedia) .