CLASSIC FICTION (PRE C 1945). Widely regarded as one of the classics of comic writing in English. In the century and a half since its first appearance, the characters of Mr Pickwick, Sam Weller and the whole of the Pickwickian crew hav eentered the consciousness of those who lov…
"[This book] is not restricted to the view of the front-line infantryman, it also relates the experiences of the gunner, sapper, airman, medical officer, and nursing sister. The author explains how the Somme became scored into the nation's heritage and into its historical consci…
Parade's End is Ford's major achievement as a novelist. Christopher Tietjens' life is shattered by his wife's infidelities and overturned by the mud, blood and destruction of the First World War.