Born: 2-Mar-1908
Birthplace: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Died: 23-Jul-1980
Location of death: Ryde, Isle of Wight, England
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Novelist

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Fortunes of War

Her Fortunes of War consists of two trilogies, Balkan and Levant.

Husband: Reginald Donald Smith ("Reggie", BBC producer, communist, m. 1939)

    University: Portsmouth School of Art

Author of books:
The Wind Changes (1937, novel)
School for Love (1951, novel)
A Different Face (1953, novel)
The Doves of Venus (1955, novel)
The Great Fortune (1960, novel, Balkan Trilogy)
The Spoilt City (1962, novel, Balkan Trilogy)
Friends and Heroes (1965, novel, Balkan Trilogy)
The Rain Forest (1974, novel)
The Danger Tree (1977, novel, Levant Trilogy)
The Battle Lost and Won (1978, novel, Levant Trilogy)
The Sum of Things (1980, novel, Levant Trilogy)

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