A Legacy Explained

A Legacy
Author:	Sybille Bedford
Cover Artist:	Philip Gough
Language:	English
Published:	1956
Media Type:	Print
Pages:	368
Isbn:	0141188057

A Legacy is a semi-autobiographical novel by Sybille Bedford 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.^{[1] [2]}

See also

• Jigsaw (novel)

Notes and References

1. News: Glendinning. Victoria. Sybille Bedford: Credit where it's long overdue. 12 September 2016. The Observer. 13 March 2011.
2. Kimball. Roger. Without Rancour: Sybille Bedford's Achievement. The New Criterion. April 1994. 12. 8. 11. 12 September 2016.