Synopses & Reviews
The End of the Battle is the final volume of Evelyn Waugh's masterful trilogy about war, religion, and politics that began with
Men At Arms and continued with
Officers and Gentlemen.
The end of WW II finds Guy Crouchback, once again in England, radiating despair from behind his desk. But then his training as a commando and his facility with Italian land him one last assignment liaison work, not in Italy, but with Tito's forces in Yugoslavia.
Evelyn Waugh's novels of World War II, known collectively as the Sword of Honor trilogy, are now available in new trade paperback editions as part of Back Bay's ongoing program of reissuing Waugh's major works.
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"The wit endures; at full strength, wit is rage made bearable, and useful....[Waugh's] military trilogy has much to recommend it." Gore Vidal, The New York Times Book Review
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"The quality of the writing is, throughout, superb, and confirms my belief that Mr. Waugh is the best living writer of English prose." Bernard Bergonzi, Guardian
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"What Parade's End, Ford Madox Ford's great work, was to World War I, Evelyn Waugh's Sword of Honour trilogy is to World War II." Herbert A. Kenny, Boston Globe
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"The importance of The End of the Battle lies not so much in itself (beautifully organized and written and hypnotically readable as it is) as in its contribution to the pattern of the trilogy....The complete work now clearly emerges as Mr. Waugh's main achievement to date, and the one piece of English fiction about the 1939-45 War which is certain to survive." Times Literary Supplement
About the Author
Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966), whom Time called "one of the century's great masters of English prose," wrote sixteen novels, including the Sword of Honour trilogy, comprising Men At Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, and The End of the Battle. His short fiction is collected in The Complete Stories of Evelyn Waugh.