{"product_id":"0751557129-covenant_with_death","title":"Covenant with Death","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStirringly told from the view of everyday soldiers, \u003c\/i\u003eCovenant with Death\u003ci\u003e is acclaimed as one of the greatest novels about war ever written. With a new foreword by Louis de Bernières, author of \u003c\/i\u003eCaptain Corelli's Mandolin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThey joined for their country. They fought for each other.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen war breaks out in 1914, Mark Fenner and his Sheffield friends immediately flock to Kitchener's call. Amid waving flags and boozy celebration, the three men - Fen, his best friend Locky and self-assured Frank, rival for the woman Fen loves - enlist as volunteers to take on the Germans and win glory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough ramshackle training in sodden England and a stint in arid Egypt, rebellious but brave Fen proves himself to be a natural leader, only undermined by on-going friction with Frank. Headed by terse, tough Sergeant Major Bold, this group of young men form steel-strong bonds, and yearn to face the great adventure of the Western Front.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, on one summer's day in 1916, Fen and his band of brothers are sent to the Somme, and this very ordinary hero discovers what it means to fight for your life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Laden with knowledge yet sparely written, Covenant with Death is the work of an author immersed in the lives of those who fought'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The last line ought to be carved in stone somewhere . . . Find it. Read it. You'll be a better person for having done so'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Hitchens, Daily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn anti-war book right up there with Remarque's \u003ci\u003eAll Quiet on the Western Front\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShortlist \u003c\/i\u003e(The Greatest War Novels of all Time)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003ci\u003eCovenant With Death . . . \u003c\/i\u003eshowed with unbearable actuality what happened to a newly formed Sheffield regiment on the first day of the battle of the Somme'\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Hitchens, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The blood and guts, the nightmare stink of cordite . . . appalling realism'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Only one novel about the war since 1945 has the power and feeling of veracity to compare with the works of the 1920s and 30s . . . Covenant with Death by John Harris'\u003cbr\u003eThe Western Front Organisation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A superb novel'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'John Harris's neglected masterpiece of a novel, Covenant With Death, is the success that it is because it follows a group of Sheffield workers from their flag-waving sign-up to the hecatomb on the Somme'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'True and terrible'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An outstanding achievement'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eMilitary\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Sphere","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":49101405618366,"sku":"0751557129-4","price":16.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/81iZ8UmzreL.jpg?v=1790015050","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0751557129-covenant_with_death","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}