Men At Arms

Men At Arms by Evelyn Waugh 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 Arms
is the first book in Waugh’s brilliant trilogy Sword of
Honour which chronicles the fortunes of Guy Crouchback.
The second and third volumes Officers and Gentlemen and
Unconditional Surrender are also published in Penguin.
Sword of Honour has recently been made into a television
drama series with screenplay by William Boyd.