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The Middle Parts of Fortune: Somme And Ancre, 1916
Frederic Manning
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Description for The Middle Parts of Fortune: Somme And Ancre, 1916
Paperback. Bourne is a private fighting on the front. He is under pressure to accept a commission and become an officer, but he prefers to be among the ranks, drawn into the universal struggle for survival in a world gone mad. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FJMF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 206.
A moving, raw and powerful novel about fighting on the front - 'The finest and noblest book of men in war that I have ever read' (Ernest Hemingway)
Bourne is a private fighting on the front. He is under pressure to accept a commission and become an officer, but he prefers to be among the ranks, drawn into the universal struggle for survival in a world gone mad.
Manning's startling work is unlike any other First World War novel in its portrayal of the lives of ordinary British soldiers: the trauma of the Somme; the moments of bloodlust; ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141393414
SKU
V9780141393414
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About Frederic Manning
Niall Ferguson is one of Britain's most renowned historians. He is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard, and a visiting professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing. He is the author of fifteen books, including The Pity of War, The House of ... Read more
Reviews for The Middle Parts of Fortune: Somme And Ancre, 1916
Outstanding. Almost certainly the finest work of its kind to emerge from the war
Max Hastings
Guardian
I read it over once each year to remember how things really were
Ernest Hemingway The finest novel to come out of the First World War
William Boyd
Max Hastings
Guardian
I read it over once each year to remember how things really were
Ernest Hemingway The finest novel to come out of the First World War
William Boyd