Ilona by Hans Habe. 1st ed 1962. H/C with jacket. 440 pp.

A panoramic novel depicting the lives of three women and their times ... Vienna and Budapest at the time of the Emperor Franz Joseph, the St Petersburg of Rasputin, the Italian Front during the First World War, Germany under the Weimar Republic, Germany during the nights of bombing, America in the course of the Second World War, and, finally, liberated Europe.

Ilona, the mother, is the dominant figure as the woman at the turn of the 1800s. The two subsequent generations are represented by Zita, the woman of the transition period, and Eva, the young woman of the 1940s and 1950s. Translated from the German.

First published in Great Britain 1962 by George G Harrap, London. This edition published by The Book Club, London. Condition: Good. Jacket has wear and tear at edges.