The personal history of Olivia Heron and her family, living in a provincial town in northeastern England, is set against the horrors of the Boer War, the frivolity of the Edwardian era, the... This description may be from another edition of this product.
The best book ever-both in history, society and life.
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I read this book out of nothing to do - and was glued to it immediately. Starting as a grim autobiography, it developes itself in so lively a way that, whatever you do, you feel that you cannot leave the life of Olivia. Filled with extremely well worked-through characters, an exciting plot and the ever-lasting feeling that you are going through the same events as the young heroine, this masterpiece deserves to be a classic, and no one should ever live without reading it.
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