: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
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: August 2003
: 198mm X 129mm X 37mm
: United Kingdom
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: Olivia Manning
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: Paperback
: 0312
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: English
: 823.914
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9780753808184
Description
As Rommel advances in wartorn Egypt, the lives of the civilian population come under threat. One such couple are Guy and Harriet Pringle who have escaped the war in Europe only to find the conflict once more on their doorstep, providing a volatile backdrop to their own personal battles.
The civilian world meets the military through the figure of Simon Boulderstone, a young army officer who will witness the tragedy and tension of war on the frontier at first hand.
An outstanding author of wartime fiction, Olivia Manning brilliantly evokes here the world of the Levant - Egypt, Jerusalem and Syria - with perception and subtlety, humour and humanity.The classic World War II trilogy:
The Danger Tree
The Battle Lost and Won
The Sum of Things
Promotion info
A classic war novel reissued in Phoenix paperback for the first time Just as appealing today. For readers of novelists such as Pat Barker and Sebastian Faulks Great new cover look Was screened on TV as a major series, The Fortunes of War, starring Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson
Author description
Olivia Manning was the author of more than twelve novels including The Balkan Trilogy, The Doves of Venus, The Playroom and the Remarkable Expedition. She was awarded the CBE in 1976 and died in 1980.
