Olivia Manning
✓ Source-basedfallingBritish writer and poet (1908-1980)
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.
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Soldiers marching in Bucharest, 1941
German soldiers raising a Third Reich battle flag on the Acropolis, Athens, 1941
Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo
Jerusalem, VE Day, 1945
Emin Pasha; subject of the book The Remarkable Expedition
King's Palace, Bucharest, Romania, 1941
British soldiers at El Alamein during the Desert WarWriters from United Kingdom 6
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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.
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