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  1. Part 1 of Sword of Honour. What fun - a bit like a cross between MASH, PG Wodehouse and Brideshead! An upper class British Catholic divorcé leaves his home in Italy at the start of WW2 to try to join the army, and eventually succeeds. The story is populated by quirky characters and strange coincidences, with glimpses of poignancy.

  2. 11 de dez. de 2012 · 4.1 364 ratings. See all formats and editions. "An eminently readable comedy of modern war" (New York Times), Men at Arms is the first novel in Evelyn Waugh's brilliant Sword of Honor trilogy. Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers.

    • Evelyn Waugh
  3. 4.21 · 1,956 Ratings · 166 Reviews · published 1965 · 75 editions. This trilogy of novels about World War II, largely…. Want to Read. Rate it: Men at Arms (Sword of Honour, #1), Officers and Gentlemen (Sword of Honour, #2), The End of the Battle (Sword of Honour, #3), and The Sword of Honour Tr...

  4. Tags: fiction, military, satire, war, World War II, James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Description: Volume 1 of Waugh's Sword of Honour trilogy. The other two volumes are Officers and Gentlemen & The End of the Battle (UK title Unconditional Surrender).

  5. Sword of Honour. Men at Arms is the first novel in Waugh's Sword of Honour series, the author's look at the Second World War. The novels loosely parallel Waugh's wartime experiences. Plot summary. The protagonist is Guy Crouchback, heir of a declining aristocratic English Roman Catholic family.

  6. 24 de dez. de 2020 · Men at Arms (Sword of Honour series #1) - Kindle edition by Evelyn, Waugh . Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Men at Arms (Sword of Honour series #1).

  7. 1 de jan. de 1984 · Its central character is Guy Crouchback, head of an ancient but decayed Catholic family, who at first discovers new purpose in the challenge to defend Christian values against Nazi barbarism, but then gradually finds the complexities and cruelties of war overwhelming.

    • Evelyn Waugh