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Waugh's own unhappy experience of being a soldier is superbly re-enacted in this story of Guy Crouchback, a Catholic and a gentleman, commissioned into the Royal Corps of Halberdiers during the war years 1939-45. High comedy - in the company of Brigadier Ritchie-Hook or the denizens of Bellamy's Club - is only part of the shambles of Crouchback's war. When action comes in Crete and in Yugoslavia, he discovers not heroism, but humanity. Sword of Honour combines three volumes: Officers and Gentlemen, Men at Arms and Unconditional Surrender, which were originally published separately. Extensively revised by Waugh, they were published as the one-volume Sword of Honour in 1965, in the form in which Waugh himself wished them to be read.
'Marvellous ... one of the masterpieces of the century'
John Banville, Irish Times
Waugh's own unhappy experience of being a soldier is superbly re-enacted in this story of Guy Crouchback, a Catholic and a gentleman, commissioned into the Royal Corps of Halberdiers during the war years 1939-45. High comedy - in the company of Brigadier Ritchie-Hook or the denizens of Bellamy's Club - is only part of the shambles of Crouchback's war. When action comes in Crete and in Yugoslavia, he discovers not heroism, but humanity. Sword of Honour combines three volumes: Officers and Gentlemen, Men at Arms and Unconditional Surrender, which were originally published separately. Extensively revised by Waugh, they were published as the one-volume Sword of Honour in 1965, in the form in which Waugh himself wished them to be read.
'Marvellous ... one of the masterpieces of the century'
John Banville, Irish Times
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Reihe: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780141184975 |
| ISBN-10: | 0141184973 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: |
Waugh, Evelyn
Calder, Angus Stannard, Martin |
| Hersteller: |
Penguin Books UK
Penguin Classics |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de |
| Maße: | 197 x 129 x 32 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Evelyn Waugh (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 29.03.2001 |
| Gewicht: | 0,625 kg |
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