Victoria Thompson grew up among the European sophisticates living charmed lives in Alexandria after World War II.
Hers was a world of glamour and excitement, of beauty, sensuality, history and mythology, seen through the eyes of a child. But Alexandria was also a place of intrigue and conflict - between the sexes and among her family. Those early experiences were to affect her life as an adult - her exile in Australia, careers as an actor and psychotherapist, relationships with friends, lovers and husband.
