Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford
'A tour de force of writing and intelligence' A.S. Byatt Discover one of the greatest first world war novels. Christopher Tietjens has long loved the beautiful young suffragette Valentine, but the pair are held apart by Christopher's loyalty to his wife Sylvia, and to a set of principles which belong to an old world, and which are about to be swallowed up in the mud and chaos of the Western Front.
The Parade's End series of novels is a tour de force of writing and intelligence -- AS. Byatt * Guardian *
Incredible...greatest of all war books * Independent *
Undeniable masterpieces * Evening Standard *
Monumental * Washington Post *
Incredible...greatest of all war books * Independent *
Undeniable masterpieces * Evening Standard *
Monumental * Washington Post *
Ford Madox Ford was born on 17 December 1873 in Merton, Devon. He began writing in the 1890s and both his fiction and his criticism are celebrated. His most famous works are The Good Soldier (1915) and Parade's End (1924-8). His other major contribution to literature was the foundation of the English Review in 1908 and the Transatlantic Review in 1924. Ford changed his surname from Hueffer in 1919 after serving in the British army in France during the First World War. After 1927 Ford lived in the United States and France, and he died in Deauville on 26 June 1939.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099577065 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099577062 |
| Title | Parade's End |
| Author | Ford Madox Ford |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2012-08-30 |
| Number of pages | 928 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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