{"product_id":"sword-of-honour-book-evelyn-waugh-9780241585320","title":"Sword of Honour","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvelyn Waugh's masterful depiction of World War II, now in a beautiful hardback edition with a new Introduction by Martin Stannard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWaugh's own unhappy experience of being a soldier is superbly re-enacted in this story of Guy Crouchback, a Catholic and a gentleman, commissioned into the Royal Corps of Halberdiers during the war years 1939-45. High comedy - in the company of Brigadier Ritchie-Hook or the denizens of Bellamy's Club - is only part of the shambles of Crouchback's war. When action comes in Crete and in Yugoslavia, he discovers not heroism, but humanity. \u003ci\u003eSword of Honour\u003c\/i\u003e combines three volumes: \u003ci\u003eOfficers and Gentlemen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMen at Arms\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUnconditional Surrender\u003c\/i\u003e, which were originally published separately. Extensively revised by Waugh, they were published as the one-volume \u003ci\u003eSword of Honour\u003c\/i\u003e in 1965, in the form in which Waugh himself wished them to be read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Marvellous ... one of the masterpieces of the century'\u003cbr\u003eJohn Banville, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49565500965137,"sku":"GOR012834352","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49740845154577,"sku":"NGR9780241585320","price":18.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51715773858065,"sku":"GOR014375141","price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52531007422737,"sku":"NLS9780241585320","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0241585325.jpg?v=1751195898","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/sword-of-honour-book-evelyn-waugh-9780241585320","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}