The Sword of Honour Trilogy
by:
Evelyn Waugh (author)
ISBN:
9780140189674 (014018967X)
Edition language: English
Series: Sword of Honour -3 (#1)
Through Guy Crouchback, the detached observer and would be knight, who thought his private honour would be satisfied by war, Evelyn Waugh perfectly captures the bureaucracy, pettiness, absurdity, humour, and confusion of war. It all rings true with numerous little details that make this book so sati...
This trilogy of novels about World War II, largely based on his own experiences as an army officer, is the crowning achievement of Evelyn Waugh’s career. Its central character is Guy Crouchback, head of an ancient but decayed Catholic family bookshelves: spring-2010, published-1955, wwii, war, fr...
Stars Hugh Dickson and Hugh Burden. Categories:Drama, Classic & PeriodThis BBC production takes the title from the third book in the trilogy.I find it hard to see how the average score is something like 4.3 stars as although it's indicative of the times it is far from brilliance at play. Take the th...