OM
's father, naval commander Oliver Manning
(named after Cromwell), was nearly forty when she was born. One of twelve brothers from a poor London background, ten of whom had died of consumption, he had...
Intertextuality and Influence
Olivia Manning
Sir Henry Morton Stanley was a hero to OM
's father, and therefore to her as well: her father
's influence on this book can been seen through the presence in it of Rider Haggard
