{"product_id":"modern-classics-sword-of-honour-penguin-modern-classics","title":"Sword of Honour","description":"\u003cp\u003eFictionalising his experience of service during the Second World War, Evelyn Waugh's \u003cem\u003eSword of Honour\u003c\/em\u003e is the complete one-volume edition of his masterful trilogy, edited with an introduction by Angus Calder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSword of Honour \u003c\/em\u003ecombines three volumes: \u003cem\u003eOfficers and Gentlemen\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMen at Arms\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUnconditional Surrender,\u003c\/em\u003e which were originally published separately. Extensively revised by Waugh, they were published as the one-volume \u003cem\u003eSword of Honour \u003c\/em\u003ein 1965, in the form in which Waugh himself wished them to be read. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Evelyn Waugh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45000212119599,"sku":"9780141184975","price":799.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/9780141184975.jpg?v=1772365313","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/modern-classics-sword-of-honour-penguin-modern-classics","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}