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Olivia Manning


UK flag (1911 - 1980)

Olivia Manning, OBE, was born in Portsmouth, England and spent much of her youth in Ireland. She married just before World War II and went to live in Bucharest with her husband. Her experience there formed the basis of the work that makes up The Balkan Trilogy. As the Germans approached Athens, she and her husband evacuated to Egypt and ended up in Jerusalem. They returned to London in 1946 and lived there until her death in 1980.
 

Genres: Historical
 
Series
Balkan Trilogy
   1. The Great Fortune (1960)
   2. The Spoilt City (1962)
   3. Friends and Heroes (1965)
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Levant Trilogy
   1. The Danger Tree (1977)
   2. The Battle Lost and Won (1978)
   3. The Sum of Things (1980)
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Novels
   The Wind Changes (1937)
   The Dreaming Shore (1950)
   School for Love (1951)
   A Different Face (1953)
   The Doves of Venus (1960)
   The Crimson Dawn (1963)
   The Play Room (1969)
   The Rain Forest (1974)
   Artist Among the Missing (1975)
   Remarkable Expedition (1985)
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Collections
   A Romantic Hero (1967)
   Penguin Modern Stories 12 (1972) (with others)
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