Men at Arms
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Men at Arms is the second novel in Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour trilogy, continuing the semi-autobiographical story of Guy Crouchback’s experiences in the early years of the Second World War.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Evelyn Waugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Evelyn Waugh's wartime experiences ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depictsOrganization | Royal Corps of Halberdiers (fictional regiment) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Unconditional Surrender NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Officers and Gentlemen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
military fiction
ⓘ
semi-autobiographical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Sword of Honour (television adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Apthorpe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brigadier Ritchie-Hook NERFINISHED ⓘ Colonel Tickeridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Ivor Claire NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Troy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistReligion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century British literature ⓘ |
| literarySeries | Sword of Honour trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Guy Crouchback NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalMediaType | print ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Sword of Honour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | 2 ⓘ |
| protagonist | Guy Crouchback NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Chapman and Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesNumberInSwordOfHonourTrilogy | 2 ⓘ |
| setIn |
United Kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
Second World War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early years of World War II ⓘ |
| theme |
Catholicism
ⓘ
disillusionment with war ⓘ honour ⓘ satire of the British Army ⓘ |
| timeOfNarrativeBeginning | 1939 ⓘ |
| tone |
ironic
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satirical ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh