Reissued by Arrow Books in 2004
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Copyright © The Estate of Olivia Manning 1951
The right of Olivia Manning to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988
This novel is a work of fiction. Names and characters are the product of the author’s imagination and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental
This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser
First published in the United Kingdom in 1951 by William Heinemann Ltd
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ISBN
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