Summary
"Esmond and Ilia follows Marina Warner's beautiful, penniless young mother Ilia as she leaves southern Italy in 1945 to travel alone to London. Her husband, an English colonel, is still away in the war in the East as she begins to learn how to be Mrs. Esmond Warner, an Englishwoman. With diamond rin... Full description
- Part I 1944-1946: From Italy to England
- Magari
- Two Diamond Rings
- The Box Brownie
- A Hatbox
- Some Books She Brought With Her
- A Bundle of German Marks
- Brogues
- Nasturtium Sandwiches
- Postscript
- Part II 1947: To Egypt
- King Faruq's Bookplate
- The Rankers' Club Bridge Book
- The Cemetery at Rayol
- A Bill of Lading
- Part III 1947-1949: In Cairo
- Malesh
- Early memory i: Hoopoes
- A Record Collection, Early memory ii: Lice
- An Egyptian Cigarette Tin, Early memory iii: Being painted
- The Little Girl in the Picture, Early memory iv: My fairy doll
- A Pocket Dictionary, Early memory v: At the Great Pyramid
- A Powder Compact, Early memory vi: Learning things
- Part IV 1950-1951: Balm in Gilead
- Early memory vii: Being ill
- An Old Map, Early memory viii: 'Tiger'
- A Silver Photograph Frame
- Part V 1952: Revolution
- Early memory ix: The burned-out bookshop
- The Cairo Fire
- Shabti.