A Signal Victory

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 prince, had married a king's daughter, and would be a spearhead of resistance to the white-skinned invaders from the west. A Signal Victory is Guerrero's story - that of a man who found where his true loyalties lay, and pursued them to their inevitable end. 'A strange, outlandish, fearsomely intelligent novel: it has absorbed into its texture some of the hieratic society which it depicts with such brilliance.' Telegraph

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: David Stacton, Stacton David
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 21.08.2014
• EAN: 9780571320127
• ISBN: 978-0-571-32012-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Literary, The Americas, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary