Originally published in 1867, Under Two Flags was “was one of Ouida’s most famous and successful novels of the 1860s.” (Natalie Schroeder, Shari Hodges Holt, Ouida the Phenomenon. Evolving Social, Political, and Gender Concerns in Her Fiction (2008, p.70). It was one of the first of Ouida’s works to reach the silver screen, adaptations appearing in 1916, 1922, and 1936.
“Under Two Flags, which Ouida originally wrote for a military periodical, focuses on honor and adventure - fox hunts, horse racing, exotic landscapes, and foreign warfare” (ibid).
Ownership inscription and date (1882) to title-page with a tear resulting from the effaced surname, pen inscription to upper board similarly effaced. Boards scuffed, hinges cracked but holding, joints worn and webbing visible, head and tail of spine cracked, and with losses to the paper on the lower board. Internally in reasonably good order.
