Ford Madox Ford's acclaimed masterpiece is widely considered one of the best novels of the twentieth century. Parade's End was originally published in four parts ( Some Do Not . . ., No More Parades , A Man Could Stand Up --, and Last Post ) between 1924 and 1928. It explores...
Not just about the war but about a whole era and its destruction "quite simply, the best fictional treatment of war in the history of the novel"-Mary Gordon. "There are not many English novels which deserve to be called great: Parade's...
Not just about the war but about a whole era and its destruction "quite simply, the best fictional treatment of war in the history of the novel"-Mary Gordon. "There are not many English novels which deserve to be called great: Parade's...
Parade's End (1924-1928) is a Tetralogy of Novels by the British Novelist and Poet: Ford Madox Ford. The setting is mainly England and the Western Front of the First World War, in which Ford had served as an officer in the Welch Regiment, a life he vividly depicts. The individual...
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Introduction by Malcolm Bradbury
Tietjens is the last of a breed, the Tory gentleman, which the Great War, marriage and qualities inherent in his nature define and unravel. Opposite him is Macmaster, a Scot, different in class and culture, at once friend and foil.