Pmc sword of honour
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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.
Evelyn Waugh's masterful depiction of World War II, with an introduction by Martin Stannard
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
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 29 maart 2001
Aantal pagina's: 912
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Evelyn Waugh
Tweede Auteur: A. Calder
Hoofdredacteur: Angus Calder
Hoofduitgeverij: Penguin Classics
Editie: New ed
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 128 mm
Product hoogte: 27 mm
Product lengte: 198 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 129 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 57 mm
Verpakking lengte: 195 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 1193 g
EAN: 9780141184975