Cornerstone The Great Fortune : The Balkan Trilogy 1

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RACHEL CUSK'A fantastically tart and readable account of life in eastern Europe at the start of the war' Sarah Waters'Wonderfully entertaining' ObserverAutumn, 1939.Newly-weds Guy and Harriet Pringle step aboard the train to Bucharest.Guy's lecturing job awaits, alongside friends and the ever-ardent Sophie - but for Harriet, alone and naive, it's a strange new life.As Guy's world collides with that of his new bride, Harriet realises how little she knows the man she has married.Manning's masterpiece, alive with exhilarating characters, is a haunting evocation of young love and the uncertainty of war.