Portrait of a Marriage by Pearl S. Buck ancient history by Val Robertson

by Val Robertson

a nurse during the Spanish Civil War

stayed in the island of Pharamaul long after the religious teachings of the castaway had disappeared in the mists of time

16 colour plates

including many from his battalion who survived the horrors of the Burma Railway

Portrait of a Marriage by Pearl S. Buck ancient history by Val RobertsonPortrait of a Marriage by Pearl S. Buck Methuen & Co., 1947, illustrated endpapers, hardcover Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners gift inscription on half title page, age toned pages (see photographs) At the turn of the century, an upper class painter from Philadelphia goes searching for inspiration. He finds his muse on a farmthe farmers beautiful and humble daughter.