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The Sword of Honour Trilogy: Men at Arms, Officers and (Hardcover)

by Evelyn Waugh (Author), Frank Kermode (Introduction)
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  • Hardcover: 710 pages
  • Publisher: Everyman's Library (7 April 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1857151739
  • ISBN-13: 978-1857151732
  • Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.2 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 62,664 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is a trilogy of novels about World War II, based on the author's own experiences as an army officer. The focus of the action is Guy Crouchback, head of an ancient but decayed Catholic family. The story presents a moving but often hilarious picture of war's consolations and vicissitudes.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Waugh at his best, 26 Oct 2007
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The finest novelist of his generation, now largely ignored by the dimmer left-wing critics who control UK arts. Yes he was a snob, yes he had some right wing views. None of this should blind anyone to his skill as a writer. Hugely funny, sympathetic and observant Waugh was a master of the English language in a way that is seldom seen nowadays. This trilogy was made into a largely unsuccessul TV adaptation, unsuccessful because the skill is in the writing and without a narrator (which is TV death) it becomes merely an averagely good story with some above average dialogue. Read and enjoy.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Cleverness Goes a Long Way, 24 Oct 2008
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Though Waugh's political ideas are quite different from mine, though his description of Italy and Italians is rather shallow and oversimplified (he's an Englishman after all), though his narrative technique is rather conventional--this is one of the best novels about W.W.II and one of the best novels on 20th-Century Britain. Waugh was evidently a clever man, who had brilliant insights on the changes which were taking place in his country and the world. And he was armed with a devastating sense of humour, which never fails him, even in the direst moments of his long and intricate tale. All in all, one of the great narratives of the Second World War, and a brilliant novelistic achievement. (Let me add that Waugh's cleverness can be appreciated in his description of the Jugoslavian partisans: while reading that part of Unconditional Surrender, I kept telling me "No wonder Jugoslavia blew up in the end"... most of what happened from 1991 to 1999 was already there...)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Really excellent, 3 Feb 2002
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Essential reading, humourous, sad, uplifting - wonderfully written. Easily on a par with Joseph Heller's Catch 22 and Spike Milligan's Hitler: My Part In His Downfall. These are books you will keep coming back to.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Nice edition of Waugh's masterpiece
Hard to fault this hardback of the 3 Sword of Honour novels which the critics will tell you was the best thing Waugh wrote. Read more
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