Olivia Manning

Olivia Mary Manning (2 March 1908 – 23 July 1980) was a British novelist, poet, writer, and reviewer. Quotes 'She’s just a typical bourgeois reactionary.’ ‘You mean, her prejudices are different from yours.' Fortunes of War: The Balkan Trilogy, book 1: The Great Fortune, 1960. An age of chivalry as outmoded as honour, as obsolete as truth. Fortunes of War: The Balkan Trilogy, book 2: The Spoilt City, 1962. War meant a perpetual postponement of life, yet one did not cease to grow old. Fortunes of War: The Balkan Trilogy, book 3: Friends and Heroes, 1965. This was a world in which only the ignorant could be happy. Fortunes of War: The Balkan Trilogy, book 3: Friends and Heroes, 1965. Ignorance breeds fear. Tell people the truth. Trust them to keep their heads. Fortunes of War: The Levant Trilogy, book 1: The Danger Tree, Atheneum, 1978. External links Category:Women authors from England Category:1908 births Category:1980 deaths Category:Novelists from England Category:Poets from England Category:Women born in the 1900s Category:People from Portsmouth