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1945
THE BLACK ROSE
Thomas B. Costain

THE BLACK ROSE

by Thomas B. Costain

Doubleday · 1945

Peak rank

#1

Weeks on list

39

Weeks at #1

17

Chart History

#15101519451946

39 weeks on the Hardcover Fiction list, including 17 weeks at #1

Walter of Gurnie, bastard son of an English peer, is forced to flee from Oxford for his part in the university riots of 1273. Inspired by Friar Bacon, he determines to travel to China. With his friend Tristam, he fights his way to the heart of the fabulous Mongol Empire, and returns famous, to find that he must choose between the first love he thought lost and the exotic flower that he found in the East.

All Appearances

7NEWSeptember 16, 1945wk 1
2↑5September 23, 1945wk 2
2—September 30, 1945wk 3
1↑1October 7, 1945wk 4
1—October 14, 1945wk 5
1—October 21, 1945wk 6
1—October 28, 1945wk 7
1—November 4, 1945wk 8
1—November 11, 1945wk 9
1—November 18, 1945wk 10
1—November 25, 1945wk 11
1—December 2, 1945wk 12

Details

Published
1945
Pages
430
Publisher
Doubleday
Categories
China

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