Stirringly told from the view of everyday soldiers, Covenant with
Death is acclaimed as one of the greatest novels about war ever
written. With a new foreword by Louis de Bernieres, author of
Captain Corelli's Mandolin. They joined for their country. They
fought for each other. When 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.
Through 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. Then, 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. 'Laden with
knowledge yet sparely written, Covenant with Death is the work of
an author immersed in the lives of those who fought' The Times 'The
last line ought to be carved in stone somewhere . . . Find it. Read
it. You'll be a better person for having done so' Peter Hitchens,
Daily Mail An anti-war book right up there with Remarque's All
Quiet on the Western Front Shortlist (The Greatest War Novels of
all Time) 'Covenant With Death . . . showed with unbearable
actuality what happened to a newly formed Sheffield regiment on the
first day of the battle of the Somme' Christopher Hitchens,
Guardian 'The blood and guts, the nightmare stink of cordite . . .
appalling realism' The Times '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' The Western Front Organisation 'A superb novel' Daily
Mirror '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' The Atlantic 'True and terrible' Observer 'An
outstanding achievement' Sunday Express
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