Men at Arms
$24.34
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2001
Summary
The first book in Evelyn Waugh’s satirical trilogy on the Second World War.
Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. His spirits high, he sees all the trimmings but none of the action. And his first campaign, an abortive affair on the West African coastline, ends with an escapade which seriously blots his Halberdier copybook.
Men at Arms is the first book in Waugh’s brilliant trilogy, Sword of Honour
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141185736 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141185732 |
| Author: | Evelyn Waugh |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2001 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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About The Author
Evelyn Waugh
Evelyn Waugh was born in Hampstead in 1903 and educated at Hertford College, Oxford. In 1928 he published his first novel, Decline and Fall, which was soon followed by Vile Bodies (1930), Black Mischief (1932), A Handful of Dust (1934) and Scoop (1938). During these years he also travelled extensively and converted to Catholicism. In 1939 Waugh was commissioned in the Royal Marines and later transferred to the Royal Horse Guards, experiences which informed his Sword of Honour trilogy (1952-61). His most famous novel, Brideshead Revisited (1945), was written while on leave from the army. Waugh died in 1966.
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