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Item : We're sorry, this item has been sold. Three volumes. Octavo, original blue paper-covered boards, top edges blue, original dust jackets. First editions of the three classic volumes in Waugh's fictionalized account, by turns keenly satirical and deeply moving, of his experiences in World War II, widely praised as some of the finest literature to emerge from the war—this set signed by Waugh on the title page of Unconditional Surrender. Many readers consider Waugh's "Sword of Honour" books—"an unplanned trilogy of novels mixing the author's Second World War experience with his social and religious views"—to be his best work; literary critics routinely rank the trilogy as "possibly the best English novel to come out of" the conflict An English Library Men at Arms depicts the Marines at Chatham, the dismal conditions at Deal and Kingsdown and the abortive attack on Dakar, and introduces the dominant theme of the regeneration of faith, a theme not fully resolved until the final volume. Drawn from Waugh's period with the Commandos and at the Allied reverse in Crete, Officers and Gentlemen is "dark, subtle and complex, carrying undercover all Evelyn's disillusionment with the army" Hastings, Unconditional Surrender is based on Waugh's role in Randolph Churchill's mission to aid Tito's Communist partisans in Yugoslavia— a situation rich in irony for the Catholic Waugh, who was painfully aware that he was helping to insure the ultimate rule of a Communist regime hostile to the faith of Yugoslavia's Catholic Croats and Slovenes. In a review of this work, Unconditional Surrender: The Conclusion of Men at Arms and Officers and Gentlemen Vidal called Waugh "our time's first satirist," writing "in a prose so Unconditional Surrender: The Conclusion of Men at Arms and Officers and Gentlemen that at time one longs for a violation of syntax to suggest that its creator is fallible, or at least part American" quoted in Hastings, Men at Arms with some spotting to endpapers, small chip at foot of spine of slightly toned dust jacket. Overall, a near-fine set, scarce and desirable signed by Waugh in one volume. Contact me by fax. For some items, we can also email digital photographs. All of our items are guaranteed as described and are shipped on approval. For first-time buyers, we prefer a credit card and we will only ship to the billing address on the card. We do ask that if you are not satisfied with the item, you contact us by phone as quickly as possible and return the item within ten days. We ship worldwide and all packages will be sent via UPS or Federal Express unless another carrier is requested. Next-day or second-day air service is available upon request. Shipping and insurance charges are additional. Men at Arms - a tutorial and study guide

FP now includes eBooks in its collection. Book Details. Volume 1 of Waugh's Sword of Honour trilogy. The novel is semi-autobiographical and reflects Waugh's experiences during the Second World War, while giving a satirical view of military bureaucracy. There is a strong religious element. Limit the size to characters. However, note that many search engines truncate at a much shorter size, about characters. Your suggestion will be processed as soon as possible. Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh 28 October —10 April was an English writer of novels, biographies and travel books. Unconditional Surrender: The Conclusion of Men at Arms and Officers and Gentlemen was also a prolific journalist and reviewer of books. Waugh is recognised as one of the great prose stylists of the English language in the 20th century. Available Formats. This book is in the public domain in Canada, and is made available to you DRM-free. You may do whatever you like with this book, but mostly we hope you will read it. Here at FadedPage and our companion site Distributed Proofreaders Canadawe pride ourselves on producing the best ebooks you can find. Please tell us about any errors you have found in this book, or in the information on this page about this Unconditional Surrender: The Conclusion of Men at Arms and Officers and Gentlemen. Men at Arms Sword of Honour series 1. Please enter a suggested description. Please be clear in your message, if you are referring to the information found on this web page; or the contents of the book. If the contents of the book, please be as precise as you can as to the location. If the book has page numbers, please include the page number; otherwise please include a significant text string to help us to locate the error. This report is anonymous. If you think we might need to communicate with you, please include your email address. If in doubt, we will always be cautious, and preserve the original spelling. Many books have significant or minor changes between editions. We will attempt to maintain the text of the edition that we worked from, unless there is an obvious correction. If you are comparing this work to a printed copy, please include the edition you used. Most reports are processed within a few days of submission. If we decide not to incorporate your report, we will usually send you an email message telling you why. However, we can only email you if you include your email address! Page Build Time: 0. If you cannot open a. Officers and Gentlemen (Sword of Honour, #2) by Evelyn Waugh

Officers and Gentlemen is a novel by the British novelist Evelyn Waugh. The novels loosely parallel Waugh's wartime experiences. The first was Men at Armsthe third was Unconditional Surrender Sent back to the UK in disgrace at the end of the first novelGuy Crouchback — heir of a declining aristocratic English Roman Catholic family—manages to find a place in a fledgling commando brigade, training on a Scottish island under an old friend, Tommy Blackhouse. Tommy is also the man for whom Guy's wife Virginia left him. Another trainee is Ivor Claire, whom Guy regards as the flower of English chivalry. He Guy learns to exploit the niceties of military ways of doing things with the assistance of Colonel "Jumbo" Trotter, an elderly Halberdier who knows all the strings to pull. He becomes caught up in the evacuation of Cretewhere he acquits himself well, though chaos and muddle prevail. At this time he meets Corporal- Major Ludovic. Ludovic wades ashore in Egypt, carrying Guy. All the others in the boat have "disappeared"[the delirious sapper Captain who was in command disappears, evidently 'precipitated' by Ludovic, but there is nothing in the text to Unconditional Surrender: The Conclusion of Men at Arms and Officers and Gentlemen that the rest of the 'small party' on the boat disappear]. Apparently a hero, Ludovic is commissioned as an officer. In Egypt, Mrs Stitcha character who turns up in other Waugh books, takes Guy under her well-connected wing. She also tries to protect Claire, who was evacuated from Crete even though his unit's orders were to fight to the last and then surrender as prisoners of war. She sends Crouchback the long way home to England, possibly to prevent him from compromising the cover story worked up to protect Claire from desertion charges. Officers and Gentlemen was dramatised for television in along with the two other novels in the Sword of Honour trilogy, featuring Daniel Craig. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. London; Bloomsbury. Evelyn Waugh works. The Loved One film, Decline and Fall Hidden categories: All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from January Articles with Project Gutenberg links All stub articles. Unconditional Surrender: The Conclusion of Men at Arms and Officers and Gentlemen Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Deutsch Edit links. Men at Arms. Unconditional Surrender. This article about a s novel is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page.