by Olivia Manning · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140082968
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«The Balkan Trilogy» is a trilogy of historical and war novels by Olivia Manning, published by Penguin in 1987 in paperback (928 pages, in English).
Guy and Harriet Pringle, a British married couple, live in Romania as hostilities loom and must evacuate to Greece before the advance of the German army. The work brings together three novels, 'The Great Fortune', 'The Spoilt City' and 'Friends and Heroes', and portrays European civilian life during the conflict.
The trilogy is part of Olivia Manning's 'Fortunes of War' series (volumes 1-3). The BBC adapted it for television in a production starring Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh.
For readers of literary and historical fiction and war novels about civilians in the Second World War.
Olivia Mary Manning was a British novelist, poet, writer, and reviewer. Her fiction and non-fiction, frequently detailing journeys and personal odysseys, were principally set in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the Middle East. She often wrote from her personal experience, though her books also demonstrate strengths in imaginative writing. Her books are widely admired for her artistic eye and vivid descriptions of place.
