The protagonist, living in a cottage in the forest and possessed of exotic friends like an actress and a Catholic priest, is clearly a fantasy figure. A revised copy of one of these pieces in...
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Olivia Manning
OM
's The Balkan Trilogy consists of three novels, The Great Fortune, The Spoilt City, and Friends and Heroes, published between 1960 and 1965. L. W. Bailey writes that OM
's husband
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Florence Marryat
FM
was a speedy typist, and composed at the typewriter. She kept a notebook for jotting ideas for plots and episodes. She believed the business aspects of a literary career were more important than many...