Sword of Honor
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: Dec 11, 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 800
ISBN-13: 9780316216692
Description: "This trilogy spanning World War II, based in part on Evelyn Waugh's own experiences as an army officer, is the author's surpassing achievement as a novelist. 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. Though often somber, Sword of honor is also a brilliant comedy, peopled by the fantastic figures so familiar from Waugh's early satires."--Back cover.