Sword of Honour (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Evelyn Waugh
- First Published: 1952
- Type of Work: Comic realism
- Time of Work: 1931-1951
- Setting: England, Scotland, West Africa, Egypt, Crete, Italy, and Yugoslavia
- Principal Characters: Guy Crouchback, Virginia Troy, Gervase Crouchback, Apthorpe, Frank de Souza, Trimmer, Ludovic, Ivor Claire, Tommy Blackhouse, Ben Ritchle-Hook
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: History, Africa or Africans, Tradition, Sex or sexuality, Social issues, Future, 1940’s, World War II, 1930’s, England or English people, Egypt or Egyptians, Military life or service, Soldiers, Scotland or Scottish people, Italy or Italians, Eastern Europe or eastern Europeans, Modernization, Greece or Greek people
- Locales: Africa, England, Egypt, Italy, Scotland, Balkans, Crete
The Novels
The three novels that constitute Sword of Honour present a sweeping panorama of the effects of World War II upon English society, as seen through the consciousness of, and through events which impinge upon, Guy Crouch back. The first novel in the series, Men at Arms, begins by recounting how Guy has frittered away the eight years preceding 1939 in an attempt to forget his divorce from his ex-wife, Virginia Troy. Although he has been unable to overcome the bitterness and depression caused by her adulterous desertion the outbreak of the war fills him...
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