Iron Duke [leatherbound 1st Book Edn, ] by L Ron Hubbard
* LEATHER BOUND Volume * First rong>Bookrong> Edition of these novels, rong>byrong> Author Services in , in the "Classic Fiction series" (previously rong>isrong>sued in pulp fiction etc). As new, with barely a sign it was opened. Tightly bound+prrong>isrong>tine like unread. Flexible maroon leather-bound volume with gold gilt illustration +lettering to front board+spine. Gold gilt edges all around textblock/pages, with rounded page-corners. Moire silk endpapers. Frontrong>isrong>piece sepia illustration of author, decorated Title Page {24½x16½cm, 120pp} Publrong>isrong>her: He's a lady's man, a man's man - and a wanted man, on the run in s Europe.... Meet Blacky Lee, ruggedly handsome with a quick wit and a rogurong>isrong>h charm. Think Clark Gable - with larceny in hrong>isrong> heart and a price on hrong>isrong> head. A price put there rong>byrong> the German Gestapo. But Blacky has always got an angle, and throng>isrong> time it's as audacious as they come. He'll hide in plain sight, impersonating the crowned head of a Balkan kingdom. He'll become The Iron Duke. Can he pull it off? Win the love of a country... and of a beautiful woman? All Blacky has to do rong>isrong> rrong>isrong>k everything -- and, for once in hrong>isrong> life, find a way to do the right thing. Review: Hubbard and Gable were fast friends and fellow adventurers. While Hubbard was writing for Columbia Pictures in , the studio often called upon him to doctor scripts for Gable - giving him a unique knowledge of the man and inspiration for characters like Blacky Lee. "A fast-paced thriller." -- Publrong>isrong>hers Weekly.