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A Place in the Country (novel)

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A Place in the Country
First edition (UK)
AuthorSarah Gainham
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
PublisherWeidenfeld & Nicolson (UK)
Holt Rinehart (US)
Publication date
1969
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byNight Falls on the City 
Followed byPrivate Worlds 

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]

Synopsis

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The 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

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  1. ^ Gainham p.624
  2. ^ Barton p.171
  3. ^ Husband & Husband p.297

Bibliography

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  • 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.