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  • The Judges of the Secret Court

    A Novel About John Wilkes Booth

    by David Stacton ...
    This compelling historical fiction of the Civil War and Lincoln’s assassination is an “exploration by a brilliant and thoughtful writer of the labyrinthine ways of good and evil”(Los Angeles Times)"The Judges of the Secret Court isn’t just a novel about John Wilkes Booth; it is a vision of what life and the world do to us."—Michael Dirda, The Washington PostDavid Stacton’s The Judges of The Secret ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • On a Balcony

    by David Stacton ...
    Series Book 2 - Invincible Questions trilogy
    ' On A Balcony is devoted to the 14th century [B.C.] and the Pharaoh Ikhnaton, his sister-wife Nefertiti, the sculptor Tutmose, and the rivalry his religion of Aton brought to Egypt and its then current cult of Amon... presenting Ikhnaton's imposition of a new religion upon those who look on him as a god.' Kirkus Review'A fascinating study in royal neuroticism.' John Davenport, Observer'A weird, ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • Kaliyuga

    A Quarrel with the Gods

    by David Stacton ...
    The last of the three trilogies authored by David Stacton (1923-68) was described by the author as 'an intermezzo designed to deal with sexual relations'. After Old Acquaintance (1962) and Sir William (1963) came Kaliyuga (1965), described by Stacton as 'the story of the relations of Siva and Kali, lightly told'.Its chief figures are Charlie and Denise, an American couple in Switzerland, prone to ... Read more

    $14.49 USD

  • Segaki

    by David Stacton ...
    Series Book 3 - Invincible Questions trilogy
    ' Segaki is the story of two men, a woman, a dog, and a handful of snails. It is a very simple story. But like most simple stories, it is also a parable... It is the third volume of three novels concerned with various aspects of the religious experience... Segaki deals with [the] getting of wisdom, or insight, and deals with it, moreover, entirely in terms of Zen... Zen cannot be explained. It can ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • The Judges of the Secret Court

    by David Stacton ...
    The Judges of the Secret Court , first published in 1961, is a historical novel about John Wilkes Booth and the aftermath of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. The book vividly portrays the setting and sentiments of the time, as well as Wilkes' befuddled thinking and his short-lived escape from justice, followed by the trial of those involved in the assassination.David ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Signal Victory

    by David Stacton ...
    Shipwrecked on the shores of Yucatán, Guerrero is a Spanish soldier torn between two worlds. A Signal Victory traces his transformation: from outsider to prince, from conqueror to rebel, as he marries a Mayan royal daughter and chooses his true allegiance. Set at the collision point of European invasion and indigenous resilience, this novel explores how identities shift and loyalties burn in the ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sir William: or A Lesson In Love, a Novel

    by David Stacton ...
    Sir William: Or A Lesson in Love by David Stacton is a richly layered historical novel that delves into the life and loves of Sir William Hamilton, a British diplomat and antiquarian whose fascinating relationships became the stuff of legend. Set in the opulent and turbulent world of 18th-century Europe, this novel masterfully intertwines personal passion, political intrigue, and the allure of art ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tom Fool

    by David Stacton ...
    'Yes, it was a crusade. But just what was it the people out there feared and hated so much? Not surely the candidate. He was a decent man. Or was that it?'With Tom Fool (1962) David Stacton concluded a triptych of novels drawn from the history of America. For this final panel he turned his eye on politics. The titular protagonist is a fictional rendering of Wendell Wilkie, unlikely Republican ... Read more

    $15.59 USD

  • People of the Book

    by David Stacton ...
    ' People of the Book is set in the Thirty Years' War, which began and still shapes our present system of world order. David Stacton's incomparable prose reveals how the treatises of scholars and the tactics of commanders so rarely comprehend the vagaries of the human condition. A book to put on the shelf with Thucydides' Peloponnesian War and Tolstoy's War and Peace.'Professor Charles Hill *( ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • A Signal Victory

    by David Stacton ...
    First published in 1960, A Signal Victory was David Stacton's eighth novel, and the first in what he envisaged as an 'American Triptych.' In this opening panel Stacton paints a vivid picture of the impact of two great civilisations upon each other.Guerrero was a Spanish soldier, shipwrecked on the shores of Yucatan. Years later the Spaniards came as conquerors - but by this time Guerrero was a ... Read more

    $14.49 USD

  • A Fox Inside

    by David Stacton ...
    On a cold Northern Californian evening, high on a cliff in the lagoon township of Bolinas, a woman is running, barefoot, toward her open convertible. Behind her in the dark is the forbidding summer house where her reclusive husband now lies dead. She will drive to San Francisco, there to break the news to her domineering mother, since she has nowhere else to go. A scandal is in the offing - and ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • Old Acquaintance

    by David Stacton ...
    With Old Acquaintance (1962) David Stacton embarked upon his third literary triptych, this one on the theme of 'The Sexes'.'Even in these one-worldly days of cultural colonies and jet-setters, most US authors trying to depict European sophistication seem indefinably out of their league, like children sashaying around in grown-up shoes. Not so David Stacton, who here recounts with relish and ... Read more

    $15.59 USD