{"product_id":"1955-uneasy-lies-the-head-by-john-ohare-1st-edition-vintage-history-book","title":"1955 Uneasy Lies The Head by John O'Hare 1st Edition Vintage History Book","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n  \u003cb\u003e\n   1955 Uneasy Lies The Head by John O'Hare 1st Edition Vintage History Book\n  \u003c\/b\u003e\n \u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n  \u003cb\u003e\n   \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003c\/b\u003e\n \u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n \u003cfont color=\"#111111\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n  Uneasy Lies The Head\n \u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n \u003cfont color=\"#111111\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n  By John O'Hare\n \u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\n \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-size: large;\"\u003e\n  Published by Alvin Redman Limited: London 1955 1st Edition\n \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\n \u003cfont color=\"#111111\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n  \u003cb\u003e\n   With Dustjacket\n  \u003c\/b\u003e\n \u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n   \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n     \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n         \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n          \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n           \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n            \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n             \u003cdiv\u003e\n              \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Arial; font-size: large; font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\n               \u003cbr\u003e\n              \u003c\/span\u003e\n             \u003c\/div\u003e\n             \u003cdiv\u003e\n              \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Arial; font-size: large; font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\n               \"\n              \u003c\/span\u003e\n              \u003cfont color=\"#111111\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n               Uneasy Lies the Head is an engaging collection of historical and biographical sketches by John O'Hare, exploring the extraordinary lives of men and women whose ambitions led them to seek power, crowns and dominion in some of the world's most remote and unlikely settings. Taking its title from Shakespeare's famous line, the book examines the burdens of authority and the restless personalities driven to pursue it.\n              \u003c\/font\u003e\n              \u003cdiv\u003e\n               \u003cfont color=\"#111111\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n                \u003cbr\u003e\n               \u003c\/font\u003e\n              \u003c\/div\u003e\n              \u003cdiv\u003e\n               \u003cfont color=\"#111111\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n                Rather than a conventional history, O'Hare presents a series of vivid narrative portraits of rulers, adventurers and pretenders whose lives often proved stranger than fiction. Among the subjects are Catherine the Great of Russia, the notorious Lola Montez, the Danish adventurer Jørgen Jørgensen who briefly declared himself King of Iceland, Empress Dowager Cixi of China, and the remarkable John Boyes, known as the \"King of the Wa-Kikuyu\" in East Africa. Their stories are filled with intrigue, romance, political upheaval and personal ambition.\n               \u003c\/font\u003e\n              \u003c\/div\u003e\n              \u003cdiv\u003e\n               \u003cbr\u003e\n              \u003c\/div\u003e\n              \u003cfont color=\"#111111\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n               Published by Alvin Redman Limited, London, in 1955, this first edition is a handsome mid-century work of popular history and biographical writing. Retaining its striking original dust jacket, with its dramatic design of grasping hands reaching toward a crown, the volume offers an entertaining survey of some of history's most colourful and unconventional seekers of power and remains an appealing addition to collections of biography, adventure and historical curiosities.\n              \u003c\/font\u003e\n              \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"\u003e\n               \"\n              \u003c\/span\u003e\n             \u003c\/div\u003e\n             \u003cdiv\u003e\n              \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"\u003e\n               \u003cbr\u003e\n              \u003c\/span\u003e\n             \u003c\/div\u003e\n             \u003cdiv\u003e\n              \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n               Heavy wear, chipping, foxing etc to dustjacket. No inscriptions. Binding excellent with no loose pages. Pages clean and well presented. A nice 1st edition copy in good condition overall. 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