- Mass Market Paperback: 928 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Reissue edition (28 Jan 1988)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 014010996X
- ISBN-13: 978-0140109962
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.7 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,415,127 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"'So glittering is the overall parade... and so entertaining the surface that the trilogy remains excitingly vivid; it amuses, it diverts and it informs, and to do these things so elegantly is no small achievement' - Frederic Raphael, Sunday Times"
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"One of the finest fictional productions that Britain has seen since the war."- Anthony Burgess
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65 of 66 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If only to contradict the entirely silly review currently on display, I feel I should say something about this remarkable trilogy. Before she died, Olivia Manning reckoned she had never received the recognition she deserved, and there are many today who would wholly agree with her. Her novels are among the finest works of twentieth-century English fiction, and her two war-time trilogies (which are in large measure autobiographical) deserve to be better known (and please don't be misled by the brief TV dramatization that tried to cram around six books into something like four hours). Manning is a prose stylist of remarkable ability, she has one of the best eyes for character in the business, she can write about British Council intrigue as readily as battle in North Africa. This trilogy takes the reader from Bucharest to Athens, the next on to Cairo and the struggle for Africa. Splendid locations, superb characters, profound insights, beautiful writing Ñ do yourself a favour, order this book now!
21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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Far better than the first review suggests. I agree with the quotation from a review by Anthony Burgess which praises the dazzling array of personages and events. The evocation of Romania is wonderful. I was sorry to finish it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book mainly because it depicts a time in my city history that is not only long-gone but will apparently never return. The book constitutes itself as a perfect antithesis of the 70 years' ago Bucharest vs. today's one. Interesting reading, especially for those who know this city, and especially because the author herself was not a native thus putting herself away from any partisanship.
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