cover image Pomp and Circumstance

Pomp and Circumstance

Fred Mustard Stewart. Signet Book, $5.99 (496pp) ISBN 978-0-451-17227-3

A Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club selection in cloth, this high-spirited historical romp set in such places as Victorian England and Civil War-era Virginia is sweeping in scope if somewhat lacking in depth. One million first printing. (May)