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
satirical

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sword of Honour trilogy hasPart Men at Arms
Arthur notableWork Men at Arms
subject surface form: Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh