Evelyn Waugh

Grandeur et Décadence est le premier roman d'Evelyn Waugh. Écrit dans un style satirique, le livre dépeint la société britannique des années 1920. Le titre anglais est une allusion à l'ouvrage de Gibbon The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire : l'auteur compare la décadence de Rome et le déclin de …

Grandeur et Décadence est le premier roman d'Evelyn Waugh. Écrit dans un style satirique, le livre dépeint la société britannique des années 1920. Le titre anglais est une allusion à l'ouvrage de Gibbon The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire : l'auteur compare la décadence de Rome et le déclin de …

Helena, published in 1950, is the sole historical novel of Evelyn Waugh. It follows the quest of Helena to find the relics of the cross on which Christ was crucified. Helena, a Christian, was the mother of the Roman emperor Constantine I. The book has been described as lacking the characteristic biting satire for …

This is the third volume in the 'Sword of Honor' trilogy. The other volumes in this trilogy include: 'Men at Arms' and 'Officers and Gentlemen'.

Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. His spirits high, he sees all the trimmings but none of the action. And his first campaign, an abortive affair on the West African coastline, ends with an escapade which seriously blots his Halberdier copybook. Men at …