- Hardcover: 570 pages
- Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; New edition edition (10 Sep 1987)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0297792539
- ISBN-13: 978-0297792536
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 852,316 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The classic World War II trilogy: 'The finest fictional record of the war produced by a British writer' Anthony Burgess
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A World War II trilogy.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you loved Olivia Manning`s The Balkan Trilogy,then you will equally love The Levant Trilogy which takes place in Egypt.
Most of the characters from The Balkan are gone,but don`t panic cause Guy and Harriet are still here(wouldn`t be the same without)and we are also introduced to a whole new group of characters who are equally interesting and likeable.
I agree with another reviewer on here.Mrs Mannings descriptions and observations of war are staggering and beautifull and you really feel like you are climbing up the pyramids with Guy and Harriet or driving along the Sphinx.It is funnier than the Balkan Trilogy and is moving without being sentimental.
Recommended to all fans of The Balkan Trilogy.You will be sorry to finish it,i was.
Fantastic stuff
Most of the characters from The Balkan are gone,but don`t panic cause Guy and Harriet are still here(wouldn`t be the same without)and we are also introduced to a whole new group of characters who are equally interesting and likeable.
I agree with another reviewer on here.Mrs Mannings descriptions and observations of war are staggering and beautifull and you really feel like you are climbing up the pyramids with Guy and Harriet or driving along the Sphinx.It is funnier than the Balkan Trilogy and is moving without being sentimental.
Recommended to all fans of The Balkan Trilogy.You will be sorry to finish it,i was.
Fantastic stuff
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
One of Olivia Manning's greatest achievements was to produce a second trilogy after the Balkan Trilogy that matches it in every way. She did not, as it were, go off the boil - something readers might have feared after the sheer triumph of the first threesome. Few authors have written better about war and its fallout. Her description of the war in the north African desert is staggeringly good, and if one did not know that she'd spent that time in Cairo, it would be hard not to conclude that she'd been out there herself with the SAS.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Memory; marriage; passage of time. This book, and its predecessor (the Balkan Trilogy), are classics. Also worth reading: the Alexandria Quartet (L Durrell) and the biography of Elizabeth David (L Chaney).
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Another great story
Having just read the Balkan Trilogy I couldn't wait to continue with this book. I wasn't disappointed the only regret is that I devoured them too quickly and in fairness must let a... Read more
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The most irritating protagonist ever !
My mother gave me "The Balkan Trilogy" more than thirty years ago: I have read and enjoyed it many times since then. Read more
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Great stuff
My wife pinched my copy of this book as I was finishing it but I confirm the comments of the previous reviewers: the Balkan Trilogy and the Levant trilogy both made great... Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2010 by TL
LEVANT TRILOGY
Readers of the Olivia Manning's Balkan Trilogy will be keen to find out what happens to Guy and Harriet when they arrive in Egypt. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2009 by J. E. Davidson
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