Olivia Manning: A Woman at War is the first literary biography of the twentieth-century novelist Olivia Manning. It tells the story of a writer whose life and work were shaped by her own fierce ambition, and, like many of her generation, the events...
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Olivia Manning: A Woman at War is the first literary biography of the twentieth-century novelist Olivia Manning. It tells the story of a writer whose life and work were shaped by her own fierce ambition, and, like many of her generation, the events and aftermath of the Second World War. From the time she left Portsmouth for London in the mid-1930s determined to become a famous writer, through her wartime years in the Balkans and the MiddleEast, and until her death in London in 1980, Olivia Manning was a dedicated and hard-working author. Married to a British Council lecturer stationed in Bucha
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Never a Day Without a Line; Chapter 1. Laburnum Grove; Chapter 2. The Most Terrifying City in the World; Chapter 3. Bucharest; Chapter 4. Escaping the Barbarians; Chapter 5. The Dark Side of the World; Chapter 6. Going Home; Chapter 7. Writing in Austerity; Chapter 8. The 'Booksey Boys' and the Woman Writer; Chapter 9. Watching History; Chapter 10. A Strange Decade; Chapter 11. A Deteriorating World; Chapter 12. The Battle Won.
Chapter 13. The Stray SurvivorBibliography; Index; Color Plates; Footnotes.
