A Legacy
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". . . her first novel, a work inspired by the early life of the author's father, which focuses on the brutality and anti-Semitism in the cadet schools of the German officer class." (Wikipedia)
BBC: The 100 greatest British novels, No. 86
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20151204-the-100-greatest-british-novels
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Excellent. Highly rewarding if you enjoy works by authors who take the reader's ambition as a given. Full of eccentric aristocrats and slow-developing delicious scandals. Good reminder that nation-states are a new and unnatural construct in Europe. Brush up your French!
