{"product_id":"9780141184975-sword-of-honour","title":"Sword of Honour","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGuy Crouchback, a Catholic and a gentleman is 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 his war. When action comes in Crete and in Yugoslavia, he discovers not heroism, but humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvelyn Waugh's masterful depiction of World War II, with an introduction by Martin Stannard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWaugh'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. \u003ci\u003eSword of Honour\u003c\/i\u003e combines three volumes: \u003ci\u003eOfficers and Gentlemen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMen at Arms\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUnconditional Surrender\u003c\/i\u003e, which were originally published separately. Extensively revised by Waugh, they were published as the one-volume \u003ci\u003eSword of Honour\u003c\/i\u003e in 1965, in the form in which Waugh himself wished them to be read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Marvellous . one of the masterpieces of the century'\u003cbr\u003eJohn Banville, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30340451827809,"sku":"9780141184975","price":17.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32282092.jpg?v=1741225712","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141184975-sword-of-honour","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}