{"product_id":"the-balkan-trilogy-olivia-manning-9781786091567-olivia-manning-9781786091567","title":"The Balkan Trilogy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Balkan Trilogy is the story of a marriage and of a war, a vast, teeming, and complex masterpiece in which Olivia Manning brings the uncertainty and adventure of civilian existence under political and military siege to vibrant life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Her gallery of personages is huge, her scene painting superb, her pathos controlled, her humour quiet and civilised' Anthony Burgess\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'So glittering is the overall parade - and so entertaining the surface - that the trilogy remains excitingly vivid; it amuses, it diverts and it informs, and to do these things so elegantly is no small achievement' Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A fantastically tart and readable account of life in eastern Europe at the start of the war' Sarah Waters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Balkan Trilogy is the story of a marriage and of a war, a vast, teeming, and complex masterpiece in which Olivia Manning brings the uncertainty and adventure of civilian existence under political and military siege to vibrant life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the trilogy are newly-weds Guy and Harriet Pringle, who arrive in Bucharest - the so-called Paris of the East - in the autumn of 1939, just weeks after the German invasion of Poland. Guy's lecturing job awaits, alongside friends and the ever-ardent Sophie - but for Harriet, alone and naive, it's a strange new life. Other surprises follow- Romania joins the Axis, and before long German soldiers overrun the capital. The Pringles flee south to Greece, part of a group of refugees made up of White Russians, journalists, con artists, and dignitaries. In Athens, however, the couple will face a new challenge of their own...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Olivia Manning","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43175858798835,"sku":"9781786091567","price":39.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781786091567.jpg?v=1662078441","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-balkan-trilogy-olivia-manning-9781786091567-olivia-manning-9781786091567","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}