About this title: Having fled a Europe overrun by Hitler, Guy and Harriet Pringle live a precarious existence in Cairo. Also newly arrived is Simon Boulderstone, a young officer. For each of them there is disillusionment and isolation as they battle with their problems heightened by the uncertainties of war.
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780297792536ISBN:0297792539
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780297792536ISBN:0297792539
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780140109955ISBN:0140109951
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 570 p. Audience: General/trade. Book is in excellent condition. Cover and pages are clean, binding is tight. We ship daily, Satisfaction Guaranteed. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780140189124ISBN:0140189122
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Description: Acceptable. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: ORION PUBLISHING CO Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780753808184ISBN:0753808188
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 592 pages. (592 pages) the classic world war ii trilogy: 'the finest fictional record of the war produced by a british writer' anthony burgess (Paperback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780140059625ISBN:0140059628
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780297792536ISBN:0297792539
Description: Good in Good jacket. Has a little light tanning to page edges-otherwise, this is a clean, tight hardback copy, verging on VGC. Dispatch within 24hrs from the UK. read more
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By Bettie,
on the cusp of the orust riviera, Sweden
"Joanna Lumley stars in Lin Coghlan's sweeping new dramatisation of Olivia Manning's classic war novels. In 1939, young Harriet Pringle arrives in Bucharest with her new husband, Guy, just as Europe is about to tear itself apart.
Old Harriet Joanna Lumley Bella Carolyn Pickles Harriet Honeysuckle Weeks Drucker Peter Marinker Guy Khalid Abdalla Sasha Joseph Arkley Yakimov James Fleet Nikko Simon Treves Inchcape John Rowe Despina Laura Molyneux Clarence Alex Wyndham D Hassolel Katy Cavanagh Sophie Joannah Tincey Manager Ben Onwukwe Galpin John Dougall
"This is a brilliant evocation of Egyptian city life during the 2nd W.W. The descriptions of Cairo and Alexandria are instantly recognizable today. It also reminded me of Penelopy Liveley's autobiography, 'Oleander, Jacaranda'. I am still in the middle of the book and have to tear my self away from it. It must be made clear though that it is a trilogy coupled with an earlier trilogy ' The Balkan Trilogy'...I have probably read them the wrong way round ! But it doesn't detract from the enjoyment."
"A good follow-up to the Balkan Trilogy, with some very beautifully-written passages. There were some repetitive references to characters and events, as if Manning had forgotten that she had already mentioned these things. Guy Pringle, Harriet's husband, becomes quite infuriating by the 6th book (as I think he is meant to), as are most of the other male characters, and quite a few of the female characters. But I liked Harriet, the main character, quite a bit (especially when she strikes off to have her own adventures), and Simon, the young officer, was an engaging and sympathetic figure. Angela, Harriet's friend, was also a compelling figure.
I think both this and the Balkan Trilogy were well worth the read, and taken together offer a well-written view of British experience in WWII. The writing was consistently enjoyable and well-crafted, sometimes quite funny, and occasionally terrific, especially descriptions of the landscape. I'm torn between 3 and 4 stars, so I'll give the Balkan Trology 4 and this one 3."
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