Unconditional Surrender: The Conclusion of Men at Arms And Officers And Gentlemen (Twentieth Century Classics)

Waugh, Evelyn

ISBN 10: 0140182462 / ISBN 13: 9780140182460

Published by Penguin Classics, 1990

About this Item

Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. The book is perfectly readable and fit for use, although it shows signs of previous ownership. The spine is likely creased and the cover scuffed or slightly torn. Textbooks will typically have an amount of underlining and/or highlighting, as well as notes. If this book is over 5 years old, then please expect the pages to be yellowing or to have age spots. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.

Seller Inventory # CHL10483620

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Unconditional Surrender: The Conclusion of Men at Arms And Officers And Gentlemen (Twentieth Century Classics)
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140182462
• ISBN 13: 9780140182460
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Used; Acceptable

About this title

Synopsis

Guy Crouchback has lost his Halberdier idealism. A desk job in London gives him the chance of reconciliation with his former wife. Then, in Yugoslavia, as a liaison officer with the partisans, he finally becomes aware of the futility of a war he once saw in terms of honour.

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.