Parade’s End
Author: Ford Madox Ford
The finest English novel about the Great War’ Malcolm Bradbury, GuardianFord’s masterly story of destruction and regeneration follows the progress of Christopher Tietjens as his world is shattered by the Great War.In four volumes — Some Do Not…, No More Parades, A Man Could Stand Up and The Last Post — Parade’s End traces the psychological damage inflicted by battle,….Read More
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