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
Family and Intimate relationships
Olivia Manning
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...