Category Archives: World War II

Mark Amory Reviews New Biography in the Spectator

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Mark Amory, editor of the 1980 collection of Waugh’s letters and retired literary editor of the Spectator magazine, reviews Philips Eade’s new biography of Waugh in this week’s Spectator. As he began Eade’s book, Amory wondered what more Eade could say … Continue reading →

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Waugh, Churchill and Maisky

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The National Interest magazine, a U.S. bi-monthly espousing what is described as a realist view on foreign policy, has reviewed the diaries of Ivan Maisky, who was the Soviet ambassador in the U.K. at the beginning of WWII. The review … Continue reading →

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Waugh Cited on 75th Anniversary of Invasion of Soviet Union

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. Up to then the two countries had been allies, and the invasion ended up converting the Soviets into allies of the Western forces, at that point … Continue reading →

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Bloggers Debate WWII Novels

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Several bloggers are currently debating which are the novels of WWII most worth reading. One began the debate by bemoaning his attempt to read Waugh’s Sword of Honour novels at the same time he was also in the process of reading … Continue reading →

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Waugh and St Dominic’s Dursley

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Richard Barton has posted on the internet the text of a booklet published in 1989 in which he wrote the history of Roman Catholic worship in Dursley, Gloucestershire, from 1933 to 1989. Dursley is the town next to the village of … Continue reading →

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75th Anniversary of Battle of Crete Marked in German Paper

Posted on May 21, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

In yesterday’s Süddeutsche Zeitung there is a feature story by Kurt Kister about the Battle of Crete. This was fought 75 years ago this week. Since it was one of the German Army’s last clear victories (although a costly one … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh, Winston Churchill and Boris Johnson

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Boris Johnson, ex-Mayor of London and gadfly without portfolio of the Conservative Party, has written a book about his hero Winston Churchill. Entitled The Churchill Factor, this was published to much acclaim in 2014 and was excerpted in the Daily Telegraph. … Continue reading →

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Laycock Presentation Copies For Sale

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Rare book seller Peter Harrington lists as new arrivals several presentation copies of books given to Robert and Angela Laycock. Robert was one of Waugh’s commanding officers in WWII. The first is a series of four copies of books sent to Angela … Continue reading →

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Waugh’s Cities

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Evelyn Waugh’s descriptions of two cities he had visited have been quoted in recent profiles. The first is Bari in Italy which was the staging point in WWII for missions to Yugoslavia such as that to which Waugh was assigned … Continue reading →

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Wodehouse Redivivus

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A book blog has posted an article describing Evelyn Waugh’s role in the re-establishment of the reputation of P.G. Wodehouse. Waugh’s actions are compared with previous efforts of George Bernard Shaw on behalf of Henrik Ibsen and Walker Percy who … Continue reading →

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