Men at Arms (Transaction Large Print Books) - Hardcover

Waugh, Evelyn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1850893136 ISBN 13: 9781850893134

Publisher: Isis Large Print Books, 1989

Synopsis

MEN AT ARMS is the first volume of Evelyn Waugh's masterful WW II trilogy about war, religion and politics. It is followed by OFFICERS AND GENTLEMEN and THE END OF THE BATTLE.

Meet Guy Crouchback, a 35-year-old divorced Catholic. Though the armed services really don't want him, he manfully succeeds in joining the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. There he meets Apthorpe, an eccentric African who is devoted to his "thunderbox" (aka chemical closet). Together they make quite a team.

"A highly entertaining novel. Waugh's sharp wit and sure satirical touch are always at work." (The Atlantic)

About this title

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About the Author:

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, 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Isis Large Print Books
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 1850893136
• ISBN 13: 9781850893134
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 351