The Sword of Honour
Author(s): Evelyn Waugh
Guy Crouchback, a Catholic and a gentleman is 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 his war. When action comes in Crete and in Yugoslavia, he discovers not heroism, but humanity.
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Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) was born in London and educated at Oxford. He quickly established a reputation with such social satirical novels as DECLINE AND FALL, VILE BODIES and SCOOP. Waugh became a Catholic in 1930, and his later books display a more serious attitude, as seen in the religious theme of BRIDESHEAD REVISITED, a nostalgic evocation of student days at Oxford. His diaries were published in 1976, and his letters in 1980.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : 0.472
- : 01 March 2001
- : 198mm X 131mm X 31mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Evelyn Waugh
- : Paperback
- : New ed
- : English
- : 823.912
- : 736