- Hardcover: 599 pages
- Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (Oct 1981)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0070407835
- ISBN-13: 978-0070407831
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.7 x 5.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,505,703 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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John Masters wrote his immense 'Loss of Eden' Trilogy about WW1, towards the end of his life - and what a splendid achievement it is.
Published at the beginning of the 1980's - and difficult to find in bookstores nowadays - this three volume work of art - (1)Now God be Thanked: (2) Heart of War : (3) By the Green of the Spring - is nothing less than a 20th century equivalent of Tolstoy's 'War & Peace', and Vasilly Grossman's 'Life & Destiny' as the epitome of great writing, and it deserves to be placed on the same Olympian heights.
Amongst the myriads of characters we are presented to, there stands out (in my opinion)one of the great characters in modern fiction - Nicolai Fagioletti - a lowly Venitian waiter in London who is conscripted into the British army as cannon fodder and becomes a war hero at the Somme and subsequent battles. The whole tapestry is extremely well fleshed out, and we are taken from a pre-war Land of Eden (for the upper classes, at least), through the fear and carnage of the entire war (on land, at sea and in the air) - and to the post-war wrench towards a new, if not better, world.
Master's writing style, while being very Edwardian, is always engaging. This was the war that he was brought up on, and whose battles he was trained with when he went through military academy to prepare him for HIS big war, the Burmah Campaign of WW2. So we get a gripping 'insider's' view of fighting command of someone who had, himself, been in the thick of it. Yet he doesn't forget to weave in the civilian backdrop along with all the major and bit-part actors in this 'War to end all Wars'(sic).
For any publishers out there, please give us a new print copy because my edition is becoming increasingly ragged at the edges, with broken spines that can't be put in splints.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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John Masters seems to be a lost author in a lost world and its a shame as his books rank with the very best written about the Raj, and in this case about world war 1 and its impact on people lives in Britain. This extremely detailed look at the lives of a whole village in Kent and the impact of change is remarkable. As a soldier his descriptions of war in the trenches and how men felt are convincing and heartrending. Ranks as a great book of change.
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John Masters - Loss of Eden Trilogy
21 Aug 2009
Format:Hardcover
Great trilogy set in England world war one. If you have read and enjoyed anything by R.F. Delderfield, try this.
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