A Place in the Country is a 1969 novel by the British writer Sarah Gainham.[1] It was the second in her Vienna trilogy following on from the popular first novel Night Falls on the City.[2][3]
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| Author | Sarah Gainham |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Drama |
| Publisher | Weidenfeld & Nicolson (UK) Holt Rinehart (US) |
Publication date | 1969 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | Night Falls on the City |
| Followed by | Private Worlds |
Synopsis
editThe novel follows Julia Homburg, once a celebrated actress and now sheltering in the countryside having survived the devastation of the Second World War. She encounters a British Army officer Robert Inglis serving in Vienna with the Allied Occupation Forces. Meanwhile, her old friend the journalist Georg Kerenyi returns half-starved from the East.
References
editBibliography
edit- Burton, Alan. Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
- Husband, Janet G. & Husband, Jonathan F. Sequels: An Annotated Guide to Novels in Series. American Library Association, 2009.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
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