''A Legacy'' is a semi-
autobiographical novel by
Sybille Bedford
Sybille Bedford, OBE (16 March 1911 – 17 February 2006) was a German-born English writer of non-fiction and semi-autobiographical fiction books. She was a recipient of the Golden PEN Award.
Early life
She was born as Sybille Aleid Elsa von ...
first published in 1956. It depicts a fictionalized version of the marriage of her parents and the troublesome relations of their two families. Their familial tumults and tragedies are set in the newly unified
Germany. The book explores
Prussian
militarism in the years approaching the
First World War. Many writers, including Victoria Glendinning and Roger Kimball, cite it as evidence of Bedford's underrated brilliance.
See also
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Jigsaw (novel)
''Jigsaw: An Unsentimental Education'' is a 1989 semi- autobiographical novel by Sybille Bedford. It shortlisted for the Booker Prize that year. In many ways a follow-up to her earlier work, '' A Legacy'', it is the story of a girl called Billi ...
References
1956 British novels
Novels set in Germany
Weidenfeld & Nicolson books
British novels adapted into television shows
NYRB Classics
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