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The Middle Parts of Fortune: Somme And Ancre, 1916 (Penguin Modern Classics)

The Middle Parts of Fortune: Somme And Ancre, 1916 (Penguin Modern Classics)

by Frederic Manning (Author), Frederic Manning (Author), Niall Ferguson (Author)

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Synopsis

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; the camaraderie, rivalry, alcohol and boredom. Considered obscene for its language and previously published in censored form as Her Privates We, The Middle Parts of Fortune appears here in its raw, unexpurgated version.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 272
 Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 03 Apr 2014
ISBN 10: 0141393416
ISBN 13: 9780141393414
Book Overview: 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.

Media Reviews
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
Author Bio
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 fellow of the Center for European Studies at Harvard University, and a Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing. His books include The House of Rothschild, Empire, The War of the World, The Ascent of Money, The Great Degeneration and Kissinger, 1923-1968: The Idealist. His many prizes include the Benjamin Franklin Prize for Public Service (2010), the Hayek Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2012) and the Ludwig Erhard Prize for Economic Journalism (2013).