Fortunes of War: The Levant Trilogy-Fast Shipping

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In The Levant Trilogy Olivia Manning returns to the story of the young English couple Guy and Harriet Pringle, last seen, at the end of The Balkan Trilogy,departing from Athens ahead of the invading Nazi army. Now, in thespring of 1941, they arrive in Egypt as Rommel’s forces slowly butsurely approach Cairo across the Sahara from the west. Will the cityfall? In the streets the people contemplate welcoming a new set ofoccupiers, while European refugees and well-heeled Anglo-Egyptiansprepare to pack their bags. And at night, everyone who is anyone flocksto the city’s famed hotels and seedy cabarets, seeking one last dancebefore the tanks roll in.

Manning describes the Pringles’ evercomplicated marriage and their motley group of friends and foes with thesame sharp eye that earned The Balkan Trilogy a devotedfollowing. And she also traces the fortunes of a marvelously drawn newcharacter, Simon Boulderstone, a twenty-year-old recruit who mustgrapple with the boredom, chaos, and fleeting exhilaration of war.