Modern Classics Sword of Honour

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Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0141184973
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Book Synopsis Modern Classics Sword of Honour by : Evelyn Waugh

Download or read book Modern Classics Sword of Honour written by Evelyn Waugh and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2001-04-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fictionalising his experience of service during the Second World War, Evelyn Waugh's Sword of Honour is the complete one-volume edition of his masterful trilogy, edited with an introduction by Angus Calder in Penguin Modern Classics. 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. Evelyn Waugh (1903-66) was born in Hampstead, second son of Arthur Waugh, publisher and literary critic, and brother of Alec Waugh, the popular novelist. In 1928 he published his first work, a life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and his first novel, Decline and Fall, which was soon followed by Vile Bodies (1930), A Handful of Dust (1934) and Scoop (1938). In 1939 he was commissioned in the Royal Marines and later transferred to the Royal Horse Guards, serving in the Middle East and in Yugoslavia. In 1942 he published Put Out More Flags and then in 1945 Brideshead Revisited. Men at Arms (1952) was the first volume of 'The Sword of Honour' trilogy, and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; the other volumes, Officers and Gentlemen and Unconditional Surrender, followed in 1955 and 1961. If you enjoyed Sword of Honour, you might like Ford Madox Ford's Parade's End, also available in Penguin Modern Classics. 'Marvellous ... one of the masterpieces of the century' John Banville, Irish Times

Sword of Honour

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141909935
Total Pages : 894 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Sword of Honour written by Evelyn Waugh and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-05-31 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fictionalising his experience of service during the Second World War, Evelyn Waugh's Sword of Honour is the complete one-volume edition of his masterful trilogy, edited with an introduction by Angus Calder in Penguin Modern Classics. 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. Evelyn Waugh (1903-66) was born in Hampstead, second son of Arthur Waugh, publisher and literary critic, and brother of Alec Waugh, the popular novelist. In 1928 he published his first work, a life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and his first novel, Decline and Fall, which was soon followed by Vile Bodies (1930), A Handful of Dust (1934) and Scoop (1938). In 1939 he was commissioned in the Royal Marines and later transferred to the Royal Horse Guards, serving in the Middle East and in Yugoslavia. In 1942 he published Put Out More Flags and then in 1945 Brideshead Revisited. Men at Arms (1952) was the first volume of 'The Sword of Honour' trilogy, and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; the other volumes, Officers and Gentlemen and Unconditional Surrender, followed in 1955 and 1961. If you enjoyed Sword of Honour, you might like Ford Madox Ford's Parade's End, also available in Penguin Modern Classics. 'Marvellous ... one of the masterpieces of the century' John Banville, Irish Times

The Sword of Honour Trilogy

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Total Pages : 774 pages
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Download or read book The Sword of Honour Trilogy written by Evelyn Waugh and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 3 stories based on the author's experiences in World War II.

Sword of Honor

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Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385536666
Total Pages : 452 pages
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Book Synopsis Sword of Honor by : David Kirk

Download or read book Sword of Honor written by David Kirk and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IN THE EPIC HISTORICAL NOVEL SWORD OF HONOR, DAVID KIRK CONTINUES THE SAGA OF MUSASHI MIYAMOTO, THE GREATEST SWORDSMAN IN JAPANESE HISTORY, AS HE JOURNEYS TO THE ANCIENT CITY OF KYOTO TO FIGHT FOR HIS LIFE AND HIS IDEALS. Having survived the cataclysmic battle of Sekigahara, which established the mighty Tokugawa Shogunate, young Musashi Miyamoto travels through Japan determined to proclaim his revolutionary epiphany that the “way of the samurai,” the ancient code that binds warriors to their masters, needs to be abolished. But during the battle Musashi insulted an adept of the powerful Yoshioka school, and a price has been put on his head. Musashi is drawn to Kyoto, domain of the Yoshioka, driven by anger and certain that he will deal a crushing blow to the traditional samurai dogma by destroying the school. Musashi will learn, however, that the capital of the nation is rife with intrigue and potential rebellion against the newly established government, a struggle into which he unwittingly enters. Among other outcasts, Musashi will find the worth of his spectacular skill with the sword weighed against the deep cunning of manipulative Lords, and must make his reckoning with the Yoshioka, the way of the samurai, and ultimately his own nature. Only then will he be able to take one step closer to becoming the wise old sage who wrote The Book of Five Rings. Sword of Honor seamlessly blends meticulous research, mesmerizing action sequences, and a driving narrative to bring this extraordinary figure to life.

Officers and Gentlemen

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Publisher : Alien Ebooks
ISBN 13 : 1667623745
Total Pages : 383 pages
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Download or read book Officers and Gentlemen written by Evelyn Waugh and published by Alien Ebooks. This book was released on 2023-06-01 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fueled by idealism and eagerness to contribute to the war effort, Guy Crouchback becomes attached to a commando unit undergoing training on the Hebridean isle of Mugg, where the whisky flows freely and respect must be paid to the laird. But the comedy of Mugg is soon followed by the bitterness of Crete, where chaos reigns and a difficult evacuation must be accomplished.—Goodreads.com.

Devlin's Honor

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Publisher : Spectra
ISBN 13 : 0307418006
Total Pages : 418 pages
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Book Synopsis Devlin's Honor by : Patricia Bray

Download or read book Devlin's Honor written by Patricia Bray and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devlin of Duncaer is the Chosen One, champion of the Kingdom of Jorsk. A simple metalsmith and farmer turned warrior, he has become the most unlikely of heroes to the conquerors of his own people, the Caerfolk. Yet there is a growing faction of Jorskians who believe that if he were truly anointed as Chosen One by the Gods, then the immortals would have given him the Sword of Light as proof of his calling. Missing for generations, the sword is more myth than reality. But Devlin knows where to find it. Lost in battle after the Jorskians’ brutal massacre of Caerfolk, it has remained in Duncaer, a souvenir of one of the land’s darkest days. Feeling more than ever a pawn of fate—and a plaything of the Gods who drive him—Devlin must return to the land of his birth, back to the people who have denounced him. For he is bound by an oath he has no choice but to obey...a promise he may have to die to keep.

Unconditional Surrender

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Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Unconditional Surrender written by Evelyn Waugh and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Unconditional Surrender' is a satire on the English class system. The writer takes a dig at the way the ruling class and their sense of entitlement, even when the country is in a global conflict, can plan through the bureaucracy to make their way into the far less dangerous and more comfortable theatres of war.

Honour and the Sword

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141043733
Total Pages : 629 pages
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Download or read book Honour and the Sword written by A L Berridge and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-03-29 with total page 629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1636 - the height of the Thirty Years War, one of the bloodiest and most destructive conflicts Europe has ever seen. As the campaigning season begins, the Spanish armies swell out of the Artois region of the Netherlands flooding into King Louis XIII's France. The sleepy border village of Dax-en-roi stands in their way.

VILE BODIES

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Publisher : Alien Ebooks
ISBN 13 : 1667623796
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book VILE BODIES written by Evelyn Waugh and published by Alien Ebooks. This book was released on 2023-06-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vile Bodies is a 1930 novel satirising the bright young things: decadent young London society after World War I. The title appears in a comment made by the novel’s narrator in reference to the characters’ party-driven lifestyle: “All that succession and repetition of massed humanity... Those vile bodies...”

Sword of Honour

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ISBN 13 : 9782150200325
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BRIDESHEAD REVISITED;THE SACRED AND PROFANE MEMORIES OF CAPTAIN CHARLES RYDER

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Publisher : Alien Ebooks
ISBN 13 : 1667623680
Total Pages : 445 pages
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Edmund Campion

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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Edmund Campion written by Evelyn Waugh and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1980 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Complete Stories of Evelyn Waugh

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Publisher : Little Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316925462
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (169 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Stories of Evelyn Waugh written by Evelyn Waugh and published by Little Brown. This book was released on 1998 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collected for the first time in a single volume: all of the short fiction by one of the 20th century's wittiest and most trenchant observers of the human comedy.

Ninety-two Days

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Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 : 9780140188400
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (884 download)

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Download or read book Ninety-two Days written by Evelyn Waugh and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 1986 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the isolated cattle country of Guiana, sparsely populated by a bizarre collection of visionaries, rogues and ranchers. This book records the author's nightmarish experiences traveling on foot, by horse and by boat through the jungle into Brazil.

Black Mischief

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
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Download or read book Black Mischief written by Evelyn Waugh and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set on the fictional African island of Azania, the novel chronicles the efforts of Emperor Seth, assisted by the Englishman Basil Seal, to modernize his kingdom. Profound hilarity ensues from the issuance of homemade currency, the staging of a "Birth Control Gala," the rightful ruler's demise at his own rather long and tiring coronation ceremonies, and a good deal more mischief.

Sword of Honour

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 796 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (233 download)

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Download or read book Sword of Honour written by Evelyn Waugh and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

When the Going Was Good

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0718197763
Total Pages : 304 pages
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Download or read book When the Going Was Good written by Evelyn Waugh and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-05-31 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1929 and 1935 Evelyn Waugh travelled widely and wrote four books about his experiences. In this collection he writes, with his customary wit and perception, about a cruise around the Mediterranean; a train trip from Djibouti to Abyssinia to attend Emperor Haile Selassie's coronation in 1930; his travels in Aden, Zanzibar, Kenya and the Congo, coping with unbearable heat and plagued by mosquitoes; a journey to Guyana and Brazil; and his return to Addis Ababa in 1935 to report on the war between Abyssinia and Italy. Waugh's adventures on his travels gave him the ideas for such classic novels as Scoop and Black Mischief.