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Friends and Heroes

By: Olivia Manning
Narrated by: Harriet Walter
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Bucharest has fallen, and Harriet and Guy Pringle have escaped to Athens in the nick of time to find several of their old acquaintances there already. But even Guy's eternal optimism fails him when he realises that his former employees feel no gratitude or loyalty to him. Guy and Harriet both come to realise that with Greece threatened by the Axis Powers, Athens is not the safe harbour they thought.

This is the third and final part of The Balkan Trilogy, which began with The Great Fortune and was followed by The Spoilt City.

©1965 Olivia Manning (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Fiction Historical Fiction
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this trilogy is regarded very highly as a lived semi- fictional experience by someone who experienced the anxiety of never knowing if or when war would catch her up.
the story is also a very good description of repressed middle class British manners at that time.
the setting of SE Europe in 1940 and the invasion by the Nazis and Italians is interesting to learn about.
There are many characters so these books require careful listening which may not suit those who want a simple story.
the books are extremely well narrated.

WW2 from a personal experience

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