Covenant with Death by John Harris
Discover one of the most authentic, moving and gripping portrayals of British soldiers ever written. This classic novel of the First World War appears in a new edition for the centenary of the conflict.
Laden with knowledge yet sparely written, Covenant with Death is the work of an author immersed in the lives of those who fought * The Times *
The last line ought to be carved in stone somewhere. . Find it. Read it. You'll be a better person for having done so -- Peter Hitchens * Daily Mail *
An anti-war book right up there with Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front * Shorlist (The Greatest War Novels of All Time) *
Covenant With Death . . . showed with unbearable actuality what happened to a newly formed Sheffield regiment on the first day of the battle of the Somme -- Christopher Hitchens * Guardian *
The blood and guts, the nightmare stink of cordite . . . appalling realism * The Times *
A superb novel * Daily Mirror *
John Harris's neglected masterpiece of a novel, Covenant With Death, is the success that it is because it follows a group of Sheffield workers from their flag-waving sign-up to the hecatomb on the Somme * The Atlantic *
True and terrible * Observer *
An outstanding achievement * Sunday Express *
Only one novel about the war since 1945 has the power and feeling of veracity to compare with the works of the 1920s and 30s . . . Covenant with Death by John Harris * The Western Front Organisation *
Laden with knowledge yet sparely written, Covenant with Death is the work of an author immersed in the lives of those who fought * The Times *
The last line 'Two years in the making. Ten minutes in the destroying. That was our history', ought to be carved in stone somewhere . . . Find it. Read it. You'll be a better person for having done so -- Peter Hitchens * Daily Mail *
The last line 'Two years in the making. Ten minutes in the destroying. That was our history', ought to be carved in stone somewhere . . . Find it. Read it. You'll be a better person for having done so -- The Greatest War Novels of all Time * Shortlist *
Covenant With Death . . . showed with unbearable actuality what happened to a newly formed Sheffield regiment on the first day of the battle of the Somme -- Christopher Hitchens * Guardian *
The blood and guts, the nightmare stink of cordite . . . appalling realism * The Times *
Only one novel about the war since 1945 has the power and feeling of veracity to compare with the works of the 1920s and 30s . . . Covenant with Death by John Harris * The Western Front Organisation *
A superb novel * Daily Mirror *
John Harris's neglected masterpiece of a novel, Covenant With Death, is the success that it is because it follows a group of Sheffield workers from their flag-waving sign-up to the hecatomb on the Somme * The Atlantic *
True and terrible * Observer *
An outstanding achievement * Sunday Express *
The last line ought to be carved in stone somewhere. . Find it. Read it. You'll be a better person for having done so -- Peter Hitchens * Daily Mail *
An anti-war book right up there with Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front * Shorlist (The Greatest War Novels of All Time) *
Covenant With Death . . . showed with unbearable actuality what happened to a newly formed Sheffield regiment on the first day of the battle of the Somme -- Christopher Hitchens * Guardian *
The blood and guts, the nightmare stink of cordite . . . appalling realism * The Times *
A superb novel * Daily Mirror *
John Harris's neglected masterpiece of a novel, Covenant With Death, is the success that it is because it follows a group of Sheffield workers from their flag-waving sign-up to the hecatomb on the Somme * The Atlantic *
True and terrible * Observer *
An outstanding achievement * Sunday Express *
Only one novel about the war since 1945 has the power and feeling of veracity to compare with the works of the 1920s and 30s . . . Covenant with Death by John Harris * The Western Front Organisation *
Laden with knowledge yet sparely written, Covenant with Death is the work of an author immersed in the lives of those who fought * The Times *
The last line 'Two years in the making. Ten minutes in the destroying. That was our history', ought to be carved in stone somewhere . . . Find it. Read it. You'll be a better person for having done so -- Peter Hitchens * Daily Mail *
The last line 'Two years in the making. Ten minutes in the destroying. That was our history', ought to be carved in stone somewhere . . . Find it. Read it. You'll be a better person for having done so -- The Greatest War Novels of all Time * Shortlist *
Covenant With Death . . . showed with unbearable actuality what happened to a newly formed Sheffield regiment on the first day of the battle of the Somme -- Christopher Hitchens * Guardian *
The blood and guts, the nightmare stink of cordite . . . appalling realism * The Times *
Only one novel about the war since 1945 has the power and feeling of veracity to compare with the works of the 1920s and 30s . . . Covenant with Death by John Harris * The Western Front Organisation *
A superb novel * Daily Mirror *
John Harris's neglected masterpiece of a novel, Covenant With Death, is the success that it is because it follows a group of Sheffield workers from their flag-waving sign-up to the hecatomb on the Somme * The Atlantic *
True and terrible * Observer *
An outstanding achievement * Sunday Express *
John Harris was born in 1916 and grew up in South Yorkshire. He became a journalist and worked for the Rotherham Advertiser and the Sheffield Telegraph, joining the RAF as a corporal attached to the South African Air Force during the Second World War and returning to journalism when the war ended.
He became a full-time author after the success of his 1953 novel The Sea Shall Not Have Them, which was made into a film. He wrote more than eighty works of fiction and non-fiction, including books under pseudonyms Max Hennessy and Mark Hebden. As Hebden he created the crime series featuring Inspector Pel, which his daughter Juliet continued after his death in 1991.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780751557121 |
| ISBN 10 | 0751557129 |
| Title | Covenant with Death |
| Author | John Harris |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2014-09-04 |
| Number of pages | 520 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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