The Sword of Honour Trilogy: Men at Arms, Officers and - Hardcover

Waugh, Evelyn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1857151739 ISBN 13: 9781857151732

Publisher: Everyman's Library, 1994

Synopsis

This is a trilogy of novels about World War II, based on the author's own experiences as an army officer. The focus of the action is Guy Crouchback, head of an ancient but decayed Catholic family. The story presents a moving but often hilarious picture of war's consolations and vicissitudes.

About this title

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About the Author:

Evelyn Waugh was born in Hampstead in 1903 and educated at Hertford College, Oxford. In 1928 he published his first novel, Decline and Fall, which was soon followed by Vile Bodies, Black Mischief (1932), A Handful of Dust (1934) and Scoop (1938). During these years he also travelled extensively and converted to Catholicism. In 1939 Waugh was commissioned in the Royal Marines and later transferred to the Royal Horse Guards, experiences which informed his Sword of Honour trilogy (1952-61). His most famous novel, Brideshead Revisited (1945), was written while on leave from the army. Waugh died in 1966.

About this edition

• Publisher: Everyman's Library
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1857151739
• ISBN 13: 9781857151732
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 710