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Death of a Hero
by Aldington, Richard
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine /Near Fine
- Seller
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Chatto & Windus. London: Chatto & Windus (1929). A near fine first UK edition. The wrapper is very clean and bright without loss. The spine is a tad sunned. It is not price clipped. The book itself is very clean and without wear apart from the tinest of spotting to one side of the text block. Overall a near fine copy. With the Paul Nash designed Dustwrapper. Death of a Hero is the story of a young English artist named George Winterbourne who enlists in the army at the beginning of World War I. The book is narrated by an unnamed first-person narrator who claims to have known and served with the main character. It is thought it is partly autobiographical. An uncensored version was published in Paris a year later . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1929.
Synopsis
One of the great World War I antiwar novels—honest, chilling, and brilliantly satirical Based on the author's experiences on the Western Front, Richard Aldington's first novel, Death of a Hero , finally joins the ranks of Penguin Classics. Our hero is George Winterbourne, who enlists in the British Expeditionary Army during the Great War and gets sent to France. After a rash of casualties leads to his promotion through the ranks, he grows increasingly cynical about the war and disillusioned by the hypocrisies of British society. Aldington's writing about Britain's ignorance of the tribulations of its soldiers is among the most biting ever published. Death of a Hero vividly evokes the morally degrading nature of combat as it rushes toward its astounding finish.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Plantagenet King
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001539
- Title
- Death of a Hero
- Author
- Aldington, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Date Published
- 1929
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
The Plantagenet King
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Canterbury, Kent
About The Plantagenet King
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- Dustwrapper
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