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  • Bibliography:
    13 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 1982
  • Latest Book:
    September 2021
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Full Series List in Order

The Balkan Trilogy

1 - Great Fortune (Jan-1988)
2 - Spoilt City ()
3 - Friends and Heroes (May-1982)

The Levant Trilogy

1 - Danger Tree ()
2 - The Battle Lost and Won ()
3 - The Sum of Things ()

Book List in Order: 13 titles






  • Guy and Harriet Pringle, newly married, arrive in Bucharest in the autumn of 1939. The city they find is one of contrasts and rumours, on the edge with wavering loyalties and the tension of war, peopled with an international cast of characters, inclu...



  • Dublin, 1922. Some Catholics look to Riordan, their legendary leader, for deliverance. At the end of the week he will emerge from exile. The instigator is Sean whose avowel of self-sufficiency is undercut by his reliance upon the Englishman Arion. Se...





  • Pretty, brave and eighteen, Ellie has come to London in search of adventure. She soon finds it in Quintin Bellot, the handsome but tired dilettante who finds her a job in fashionable Chelsea. But Quintin, the seducer of one dove, is also the husband ...



  • A “brilliantly perceptive” classic historical fiction novel of an English boy’s coming of age among a group of vividly portrayed expatriates in 1945 Jerusalem (New York Times) Jerusalem in 1945 is a city in flux: refugees from the war in Europe...



  • As Rommel advances in wartorn Egypt, the lives of the civilian population come under threat. One such couple are Guy and Harriet Pringle, who have escaped the war in Europe only to find the conflict once more on their doorstep, providing a volatile b...









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    Leaving behind Hitler's Europe, Guy and Harriet Pringle find refuge in Cairo, a city tense with fear. Another new arrival is Simon Boulderstone, a young officer who falls for Harriet's friend, Edwina. The trio battle with their unresolved problems, h...



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    Miranda's life is starting to unravel. Her best friend, Sal, gets punched by a kid on the street for what seems like no reason, and he shuts Miranda out of his life. The key that Miranda's mum keeps hidden for emergencies is stolen. And then a myster...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Olivia Manning has published 13 books.

Olivia Manning does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Rain Forest, was published in September 2021.

The first book by Olivia Manning, Friends and Heroes, was published in May 1982.

Yes. Olivia Manning has 2 series.