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Set in Budapest in the springtime of 1941, Trust - a spoilt but attractive culture girl and little princess of a leading American business man - confirms herself participating in the business lead in an unhealthy and most unexpected affair of underground intrigue, through the machinations of her journalist fiance. During her activities she comes in love with a Polish refugee, and at this time when Germany invades Hungary, she is already deeply involved - both psychologically and politically. Bridge, herself an vision witness of these events, instructs in moving and graphic terms the terrible report of Germany's 'protecting' invasion; though it is presented in the form of an imaginative show, the historical significance and accuracy are all too tragically apparent. This admirable novel reaches once a lovely love report in the shadow of fear and disruption, a refined and close portrayal of human beings in a time of turmoil, and a most interesting narrative, set up against the enchanting record of Budapest. Ann Bridge (1889-1974), or Sweetheart Mary Dolling (Sanders) O'Malley was created in Hertfordshire. Bridge's novels concern her activities of the British Foreign Office community in Peking in China, where she lived for just two years with her diplomat partner. Her novels combine courtship plots with vividly-realized adjustments and demure communal satire. Bridge went on to write novels around a serious inspection of modern historical developments. In the 1970s Bridge commenced to create thrillers centred on a lady amateur detective, Julia Probyn, as well writing travel books and family memoirs. Her books were praised for his or her faithful representation of overseas countries which was right down to personal experience and comprehensive research.
