G. P. R. James
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George Payne Rainsford James was an English novelist and historical writer, the son of a physician in London. He was for many years British Consul at various places in the United States and on the Continent. He held the honorary office of British Historiographer Royal during the last years of William IV's reign. [Wikipedia]
Books
Forest days
A historical novel by GPR James, set in the times of the Battle of Evesham. Although James pays due homage to Simon de Montfort, this is a prototype of the sensation novel of the mid-nineteenth century, with a complicated plot, and cardboard cutouts for characters. Since it is by James, the reader is sure of a good story, although his long interjections as the omniscient author detailing the landscape, the action, the persons and their very thoughts can be tedious to a modern reader. Robin Hood plays a minor rôle as the friend and advisor to the hero.
Beauchamp
i have a hard cover small.....maby 6 x 4" book that is published in 1846 by Leipzig, BERNH TAUCHNITZ JUN 1846