AFTERMATH OF CONQUEST
-_ ‘THE VALLEY OF EXILE. By L. F. Loveday Prior. John Murray, London. 424p. _ This-is a story of the reactions of | Tyrolege peasants and aristocrats to Italian control. Place names are changed, and statues moved by the conquerors; some of the natives are sullen, some resigned. The action takes place in the mountains, but the political background includes Abysinnia and Austria. It is inevitable that the heroine loves an Italian diplomat, that all the forces are against her. Out of it all Miss Prior makes a good novel. Her characters live, her dialogue is convincing, Whether she is describing the horrors of alpine warfare, the beauty of a folk’song, or the relationships of father. and son, husband and wife, she does her job well. The story ends in anti-climax bitter enough to be real tragedy, but it is logical, and in the order of recent events in Europe. Clearly the author, knows the country and the people; her book is valuable as a document as well as a novel. It is not easy to forget her account of a young conscript climbing to his death to avoid military service, in the new Roman Empire, or the details of a subdued feast in cirtumstances in which no family is. united. For the author writes with confidencé, and with a maturity of out ‘that should serve her well in ‘her tyre work,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 34, 16 February 1940, Page 27
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232AFTERMATH OF CONQUEST New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 34, 16 February 1940, Page 27
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