The fortunes of war
Olivia Manning · 2009
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At the heart of the trilogy are newlyweds Guy and Harriet Pringle, who arrive in Bucharest{u2014}the so-called Paris of the East{u2014}in the fall of 1939, just weeks after the German invasion of Poland. Guy, an Englishman teaching at the university, is as wantonly gregarious as his wife is introverted, and Harriet is shocked to discover that she must share her adored husband with a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. Other surprises follow: Romania joins the Axis, and before long German soldiers overrun the capital. The Pringles flee south to Greece, part of a group of refugees made up of White Russians, journalists, con artists, and dignitaries. In Athens, however, the couple will face a new challenge of their own, as great in its way as the still-expanding theater of war.
Book details
- Year
- 2009
- Language
- English
- Series
- New York Review Books classics
- Publisher
- New York Review Books
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 924
- ISBN
- 9781590173312
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