{"product_id":"9780571320134","title":"A Signal Victory","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1960, \u003ci\u003eA Signal Victory\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003eGuerrero 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. \u003ci\u003eA Signal Victory\u003c\/i\u003e is Guerrero's story - that of a man who found where his true loyalties lay, and pursued them to their inevitable end.\u003cbr\u003e'A strange, outlandish, fearsomely intelligent novel: it has absorbed into its texture some of the hieratic society which it depicts with such brilliance.' \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169580925168,"sku":"9780571320134","price":18.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571320134_p0.jpg?v=1763719148","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571320134","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}