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Olivia Manning : a woman at war /

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 tim...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: David, Deirdre, 1934-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 405 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, portraits
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191655043
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