The Kindly Ones (Powell novel)
The Kindly Ones (1962) is a novel by Anthony Powell that forms the sixth in his twelve-volume sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time.
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| Author | Anthony Powell |
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| Cover artist | James Broom-Lynne |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | A Dance to the Music of Time |
| Publisher | Heinemann |
Publication date | 1962 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 254 pp |
| Preceded by | Casanova's Chinese Restaurant |
| Followed by | The Valley of Bones |
The novel captures the dying fall of the period between the wars, relating the run up to the Second World War to the circumstances prevailing just before the Great War. Hints abound that the vulnerable are to suffer, just as those driven by force of will begin their advance.
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