Near fine condition.Bantam Press,1999.First edition-first printing.Red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small mark and nick on the back cover) with Dj(two small creases,nicks,scratches on the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Illustrated with a b/w map inside the front and back cover.Nice and clean pages with a ink mark and nick on the outer edges,two creases on the edges of the pages.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.593pp including list of the Cast of characters and animals.Price un-clipped.First edition.This is heavy book(approx. 1.2 kg). This is another paragraph Product Description: Sir Roberto Rannaldini, the most successful but detested conductor in the world, had two ambitions: to seduce his ravishing nineteen-year-old stepdaughter, Tabitha CampbellBlack, and to put his mark on musical history by making the definitive film of Verdi's darkest opera, Don Carlos. n nTo achieve the latter, he enlists the help of his charismatic French godson, Tristan de Montigny, the hottest director in Europe, who is capable of coaxing magical performances out of the most wayward and wooden prima donnas.