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Scenes and Portraits
Frederic Manning

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931

Yellow Cloth boards with Blue DJ.

The Middle Parts of Fortune Somme and Ancre
Frederic Manning

FQ Classics, 2007

War is waged by men; not by beasts, or by gods. It is a peculiarly human activity. To call it a crime against mankind is to miss at least half its significance; it is also the punishment of a crime. That raises a moral question, the kind of problem with which the present age is disinclined to deal. Perhaps some future attempt to provide a solution for it may prove to be even more astonishing than the last. While this book is a record of ...

Her Privates We

8 reviews
Frederic Manning

Serpent's Tail, 1999

Elegant, true, vivid, and memorable
Of course, I say this work is elegant, true, vivid and memorable as a work, not the events it depicts. In parts of the world that used to make up the Commonwealth and serviced by Penguin books, the title may be THE MIDDLE PARTS OF FORTUNE. Having had 25 years in the military I can only say I read this book from cover to cover, and relished every word in it. Artistically, as an artifact, it has ...

Eidola (1917)
Frederic Manning

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007

CONTENTS PAGE THE CHOOSERS I SACRIFICE 3 RELIEVED 5 REACTION . . . . 6 THE OLD CALVARY .... 9 THE GUNS . . . . .10 THE SIGN...... 12 A SHELL 14 THE FACE . . . . .15 WIND l6 BOIS DE MAMETZ . . . . l8 THE TRENCHES . . . . .22 LEAVES . . . . .25 TRANSPORT . . . . . 27 avTapxeia . . . . .29 EPIGRAM, R. B 3 NOW . . . . . .32 GROTESQUE . . . . -35 DESIRE 36 BLUE AND GOLD . . . .38 vii viii CONTENTS MM GANHARDINES SONG . . . -39 THE SOULS ANSWER . . . ...

The Middle Parts Of Fortune Somme And Ancre 1916
Frederic Manning

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2004

The world seemed extraordinarily empty of men, though he knew the ground was alive with them. He was breathing with difficulty, his mouth and throat seemed to be cracking with dryness, and his water bottle was empty. Coming to a dugout, he groped his way down, feeling for the steps with his feet; a piece of Wilson canvas, hung across the passage but twisted aside, rasped his cheek; and a few steps lower his face was enveloped suddenly in the ...

Nous étions des hommes
Frederic Manning, William Boyd, ...

Phébus, 2002

Scenes And Portraits (1909)
Frederic Manning

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008

The Middle Parts of Fortune: Somme and Ancre, 1916 (Twentieth Century Classics)

5 reviews
Frederic Manning

Penguin Classics, 1990

Best Book on Men in War
This is an unsung classic. Frederic Manning published it anonymously during his lifetime, but he was a poet and essayist of some repute, and it shows in his first class writing style. The book, published ten years after the end of the First World War, runs along similar lines to the movie "Saving Private Ryan". The first chapter is stunning. We first find the hero (perhaps not quite the right ...