Evelyn Waugh was born in Hampstead in 1903 and educated at Hertford College, Oxford. In 1928 he published his first novel, Decline and Fall, which was soon followed by Vile Bodies (1930), Black Mischief (1932), A Handful of Dust (1934) and Scoop (1938). During these years he also travelled extensively and converted to Catholicism. In 1939 Waugh was commissioned in the Royal Marines and later transferred to the Royal Horse Guards, experiences which informed his Sword of Honour trilogy (1952-61). His most famous novel, Brideshead Revisited (1945), was written while on leave from the army. Waugh died in 1966.
Mr Waugh is a master of narrative: every sentence compels you to
reads its successor
*Sunday Times*
It goes without saying that Helena is amusing, shapely, and
well-written, and it also contains some extremely witty
incidents
*New Statesman*
Helena was Waugh's most intentional statement about the truth of
Christianity and about vocation as the heart of Christian
discipleship
*George Weigel*
Mr Waugh is a master of narrative: every sentence compels you to
reads its successor -- Raymond Mortimer * Sunday Times *
It goes without saying that Helena is amusing, shapely, and
well-written, and it also contains some extremely witty incidents *
New Statesman *
Helena was Waugh's most intentional statement about the
truth of Christianity and about vocation as the heart of Christian
discipleship -- George Weigel
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