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"Provence" may perhaps be described as the crystallisation of the
main idea running through the Great Trade Route, which we published
a year ago. Of that book Mr A.G. McDonnell wrote in the Observer:
"It is an Indictment, a Philipic....I know of no books to compare
with this since Winwood Reade's Martyrdom of Man" But if "The Great
Trade Route" was the destructive onslaught on dubious aspects of
contemporary civilisation, "Provence" is the celebration of what
might have been and what, according to Mr. Ford, may still yet be -
contrasted with what is. For in that triangle of sun-baked ,
wind-swept, austere yet generous land, bounded as to its base by
the Mediterranean and as to its sides, by the Rhone and the Alps,
Mr Ford sees all the pride of past European splendour, the small
healthy core of Europe's ailing present, the only promise for her
future. How and why he sees all this his book alone can reveal,
with its history, its moralisings, its descriptions vitalised and
clarified by art.
"Parade's End" is the title Ford Madox Ford gave to his greatest
work, the four Tietjens novels which - in Graham Greene's words -
tell 'the terrifying story of a good man tortured, pursued, driven
into revolt, and ruined as far as the world is concerned by the
clever devices of a jealous and lying wife'. He wanted to see the
book printed in one volume: "Some Do Not" (1924), "No More Parades"
(1925) and "A Man Could Stand Up" (1926), with his afterthought,
"The Last Post" (1928). Christopher Tietjens is the last of a
breed, the Tory gentleman, which the Great War, a savage marriage
to Sylvia, and the qualities inherent in his nature, define and
unravel. Here, the War's attritions offered no escape from domestic
witchcraft. Opposite Tietjens is Macmaster, a Scot, different in
class and culture, at once friend and foil. Here, Ford's art and
his human vision achieve their greatest complexity and subtlety.
Gerald Hammond is Professor of English at the University of
Manchester, author of "The Making of the English Bible", "Fleeting
Things" and other critical volumes and editor of the "Selected
Poems of John Skelton" and of "Richard Lovelace" in the
"FyfieldBooks" series. This volume is part of The Millennium Ford
project which aims to bring all the major writings of this great
writer back into circulation.
"Provence" may perhaps be described as the crystallisation of the
main idea running through the Great Trade Route, which we published
a year ago. Of that book Mr A.G. McDonnell wrote in the Observer:
"It is an Indictment, a Philipic....I know of no books to compare
with this since Winwood Reade's Martyrdom of Man" But if "The Great
Trade Route" was the destructive onslaught on dubious aspects of
contemporary civilisation, "Provence" is the celebration of what
might have been and what, according to Mr. Ford, may still yet be -
contrasted with what is. For in that triangle of sun-baked ,
wind-swept, austere yet generous land, bounded as to its base by
the Mediterranean and as to its sides, by the Rhone and the Alps,
Mr Ford sees all the pride of past European splendour, the small
healthy core of Europe's ailing present, the only promise for her
future. How and why he sees all this his book alone can reveal,
with its history, its moralisings, its descriptions vitalised and
clarified by art.
" ... The author's personal, beautiful, and discursive style will
appeal to enthusiasts of art and English literature." Library
Journal One of the greatest literary artists in history, Ford Madox
Ford's childhood is brought to life in this collection of anecdotes
from his many memoirs. Ford Madox Ford, best known today for
Parade's End and The Good Soldier, was also a very fine memoirist.
The grandson of Ford Madox Brown, he grew up surrounded by all the
great figures of Victorian artistic life, whom he saw with the
unflinching eye of a child. This collection brings together some of
his most evocative, witty, and tender memories of an extraordinary
youth. There are rich anecdotes about the Rossettis, Brown, Morris,
Burne Jones, Ruskin, Oscar Wilde, Leighton, Swinburne, the
accomplished con-man Charles Augustus Howell, and many of the minor
but no less vivid characters that made up the bohemian life of
London in the second half of the 19th century. Ford's elegiac but
always penetrating prose is a constant delight, and his comic
timing invariably immaculate. Selected from Ford's many volumes of
memoirs (all now out of print), this is a superb and very funny
introduction to one of the great periods of English art and poetry
by a great writer at the very heart of all that was old and all
that was new.
Ford's novel, "Parade's End", has been acknowledged as one of the
great British novels about World War I. This book features a
selection of Ford's other writings about the war, and should shed
light on the tetralogy. It includes reminiscences, an unfinished
novel, stories, and excerpts from letters.
Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939) published 13 volumes of poetry between
1893 and 1936 - crucial transitional years in the evolution of
modern poetry. His early poems were written under the shadow of the
Rossettis, Swinburne and William Morris, but Ford outgrew their
heady late-Victorian lyricism, developing a voice that was natural,
impressionistic and ironic. This selection of his verse traces his
development from the haunting poignancy of his early poems to his
later style, which was to be so influential in the development of
Modernism. Ezra Pound considered him to be the best lyric poet in
England, and it was Ford who taught Pound that "poetry should be as
well written as prose". He transformed Pound's style and, through
Pound, the styles of Yeats and Eliot.
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Parade's End (Paperback)
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Ford Madox Ford's great masterpiece exploring love and identity
during the First World War, in a Penguin Classics edition with an
introduction by Julian Barnes. A masterly novel of destruction and
regeneration, Parade's End follows the story of aristocrat
Christopher Tietjens as his world is shattered by the First World
War. Tracing the psychological damage inflicted by battle, the
collapse of England's secure Edwardian values - embodied in
Christopher's wife, the beautiful, cruel socialite Sylvia - and the
beginning of a new age, epitomized by the suffragette Valentine
Wannop, Parade's End is an elegy for both the war dead and the
passing of a way of life. 'The finest English novel about the Great
War' Malcolm Bradbury 'The best novel by a British writer ... It is
also the finest novel about the First World War. It is also the
finest novel about the nature of British society' Anthony Burgess
'There are not many English novels which deserve to be called
great: Parade's End is one of them' W.H. Auden 'The English prose
masterpiece of the time' William Carlos Williams
The official TV Tie-in to the new BBC adaptation of Ford Madox
Ford's epic novel.
The Great War changes everything. In this epic tale, spanning over
a decade, war turns the world of privileged, English aristocrat
Christopher Tietjens upside down. It forces him to question
everything he holds dear -- social order, morality, marriage and
loyalty. And it rocks the very foundations of English society. This
is a powerful story about love, betrayal and disillusionment in a
time of horror and confusion by one of Britain's finest
novelists.
Ford Madox Ford's monumental novel came to our screens in August
2012 as a major BBC adaptation, with a screenplay by the legendary
playwright Tom Stoppard and a stellar cast that included Benedict
Cumberbatch. This edition of the novel includes all four parts,
originally published separately between 1924 and 1928.
Privy Seal: His Last Venture (1907) is a novel by Ford Madox Ford.
The second installment of Ford's The Fifth Queen Trilogy is set
during the reign of Henry VIII, a tumultuous time of political and
religious oppression in a land at the mercy of a murderous King.
Ford's trilogy recreates Tudor England in a masterful story of
court intrigue, romance, and betrayal. Focusing on the tragic
figure of Katharine Howard, the fifth wife of the King, Ford
investigates the interconnection of sex and power in a political
atmosphere clouded by violence and espionage. Depicting some of the
era's most notorious figures, including Thomas Cromwell, Bloody
Mary, and the King himself, Ford makes history both entertaining
and undeniably human. Brought to the court of King Henry VIII by
her cousin Thomas Culpeper, Katharine Howard, a noblewoman whose
family's fortunes had been in decline for some time, inadvertently
catches the eye of his majesty. Given a position as a lady in
waiting for Lady Mary, Howard-though opposed by the brutally
efficient schemer Thomas Cromwell-soon distinguishes herself in the
eyes of the King, who makes her his fifth Queen. Thrust into the
spotlight at the age of seventeen, she finds herself forced into an
impossible role as a public figure whose every move could enrage
her notoriously violent husband. Howard has traditionally been seen
as a minor figure in the history of Tudor England. For Ford,
however, a master storyteller with an eye for tragedy and a skill
for developing flawed, convincingly human characters, Howard is a
woman whose life and death are not only worthy of literature, but
instructive for the men and women of Edwardian England. In Privy
Seal, he focuses on the figure of Thomas Cromwell, a powerful
advisor to the King who comes to see Katharine as a rival whose
good nature threatens his ambitious political agenda. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Ford Madox Ford's Privy Seal: His Last Venture is a
classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
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Romance (Paperback)
Ford Madox Ford, Joseph Conrad
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Romance (1903) is a novel by Ford Madox Ford and Joseph Conrad. One
of just three collaborations between two of the greatest English
language novelists of the twentieth century, Romance plays to the
strengths of each author to weave a tale of adventure, bad luck,
and political intrigue. Adapted into The Road to Romance (1927), a
lost silent film, Romance remains a highly entertaining and largely
forgotten work of English fiction. "What are these days to me? But
that far-off day of my romance, when from between the blue and
white bales in Don Ramon's darkened storeroom, at Kingston, I saw
the door open before the figure of an old man with the tired, long,
white face, that day I am not likely to forget." Forced to flee his
native England after being accused of smuggling, John Kemp joins
his cousin Carlos in Jamaica. Soon, however, he grows wary of their
comrade Castro, a shadowy figure who poses a danger to Kemp's
anonymity. Setting out on his own, he crosses paths with O'Brien, a
notorious Irish nationalist who sees in Kemp an easy target for
manipulation. Once again forced to flee for his life, Kemp searches
for his cousin, only to find him on his deathbed. Left with no
choice, he joins forces with Castro and the local beauty Serafina,
who prove the greatest of friends. Eminently entertaining, this
swashbuckling adventure is perfect for fans of Conrad and Ford, or
for anyone looking to escape into a world of unending romance. With
a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford's Romance is a
classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
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The Good Soldier (Paperback)
Ford Madox Ford; Contributions by Mint Editions
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The Good Soldier (1915) is a novel by Ford Madox Ford. Set just
before the First World War, the novel is superficially the story of
Edward Asburnham, a man with a reputation for philandering.
Considered an important proto-modernist novel, The Good Soldier
employs a fragmented narrative told by an unreliable narrator who
appears at times as distant, gossipy, voyeuristic, and even
vindictive. Praised as one of the greatest English-language novels
of the century, The Good Soldier remains Ford's most popular work.
John Dowell has secrets. Married for nine years to a serially
unfaithful woman, friends with a man who falls in love at first
sight with every woman he meets, he lives an exciting life without
ever doing much himself. As he sorts through his memories,
revealing the sordid details of his loved ones' private lives, it
becomes clear that Dowell is haunted by tragedy. His psychological
state, shaped by years of jealousy and paranoia, reveals the soul
of a man without faith, thrown from one betrayal to the next by his
manipulative wife. But how could he fail to see what was right
under his nose? Can a man truly be as innocent as Dowell claims to
be? The Good Soldier is a masterpiece of English fiction that poses
timeless questions regarding friendship, fidelity, and sexuality.
With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier is a
classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
The Fifth Queen Crowned (1908) is a novel by Ford Madox Ford. The
third and final installment of Ford's The Fifth Queen Trilogy is
set during the reign of Henry VIII, a tumultuous time of political
and religious oppression in a land at the mercy of a murderous
King. Ford's trilogy recreates Tudor England in a masterful story
of court intrigue, romance, and betrayal. Focusing on the tragic
figure of Katharine Howard, the fifth wife of the King, Ford
investigates the interconnection of sex and power in a political
atmosphere clouded by violence and espionage. Depicting some of the
era's most notorious figures, including Thomas Cromwell, Bloody
Mary, and the King himself, Ford makes history both entertaining
and undeniably human. Brought to the court of King Henry VIII by
her cousin Thomas Culpeper, Katharine Howard, a noblewoman whose
family's fortunes had been in decline for some time, inadvertently
catches the eye of his majesty. Given a position as a lady in
waiting for Lady Mary, Howard-though opposed by the brutally
efficient schemer Thomas Cromwell-soon distinguishes herself in the
eyes of the King, who makes her his fifth Queen. Thrust into the
spotlight at the age of seventeen, she finds herself forced into an
impossible role as a public figure whose every move could enrage
her notoriously violent husband. Howard has traditionally been seen
as a minor figure in the history of Tudor England. For Ford,
however, a master storyteller with an eye for tragedy and a skill
for developing flawed, convincingly human characters, Howard is a
woman whose life and death are not only worthy of literature, but
instructive for the men and women of Edwardian England. In The
Fifth Queen Crowned, he continues the story of Katharine in the
aftermath of Thomas Cromwell's demise. Now married to Henry VIII,
she finds herself increasingly powerless at court and fears
angering the King. Strong willed and eminently good, Katharine is
drawn into the controversy surrounding Nicholas Throckmorton, who
has been implicated in Wyatt's Rebellion and thrown in prison. As
the King grows tired of her willpower and jealous of her
relationship with Culpeper, her time as Queen grows increasingly
tenuous. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Ford Madox Ford's The Fifth
Queen Crowned is a classic work of British literature reimagined
for modern readers.
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The Good Soldier (Hardcover)
Ford Madox Ford; Contributions by Mint Editions
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The Good Soldier (1915) is a novel by Ford Madox Ford. Set just
before the First World War, the novel is superficially the story of
Edward Asburnham, a man with a reputation for philandering.
Considered an important proto-modernist novel, The Good Soldier
employs a fragmented narrative told by an unreliable narrator who
appears at times as distant, gossipy, voyeuristic, and even
vindictive. Praised as one of the greatest English-language novels
of the century, The Good Soldier remains Ford's most popular work.
John Dowell has secrets. Married for nine years to a serially
unfaithful woman, friends with a man who falls in love at first
sight with every woman he meets, he lives an exciting life without
ever doing much himself. As he sorts through his memories,
revealing the sordid details of his loved ones' private lives, it
becomes clear that Dowell is haunted by tragedy. His psychological
state, shaped by years of jealousy and paranoia, reveals the soul
of a man without faith, thrown from one betrayal to the next by his
manipulative wife. But how could he fail to see what was right
under his nose? Can a man truly be as innocent as Dowell claims to
be? The Good Soldier is a masterpiece of English fiction that poses
timeless questions regarding friendship, fidelity, and sexuality.
With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier is a
classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
The Fifth Queen (1906-1908) is a trilogy of novels by Ford Madox
Ford. Set during the reign of Henry VIII, Ford's trilogy recreates
Tudor England in a masterful story of court intrigue, romance, and
betrayal. Focusing on the tragic figure of Katharine Howard, the
fifth wife of the King, Ford investigates the interconnection of
sex and power in a political atmosphere clouded by violence and
espionage. Depicting some of the era's most notorious figures,
including Thomas Cromwell, Bloody Mary, and the King himself, Ford
makes history both entertaining and undeniably human. Brought to
the court of King Henry VIII by her cousin Thomas Culpeper,
Katharine Howard, a noblewoman whose family's fortunes had been in
decline for some time, inadvertently catches the eye of his
majesty. Given a position as a lady in waiting for Lady Mary,
Howard-though opposed by the brutally efficient schemer Thomas
Cromwell-soon distinguishes herself in the eyes of the King, who
makes her his fifth Queen. Thrust into the spotlight at the age of
seventeen, she finds herself forced into an impossible role as a
public figure whose every move could enrage her notoriously violent
husband. Married to the Henry for a brief time before she was
unceremoniously divorced and beheaded, Howard has traditionally
been seen as a minor figure in the history of Tudor England. For
Ford, however, a master storyteller with an eye for tragedy and a
skill for developing flawed, convincingly human characters, Howard
is a woman whose life and death are not only worthy of literature,
but instructive for the men and women of Edwardian England. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Ford Madox Ford's The Fifth Queen Trilogy is a
classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
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No More Parades (Hardcover)
Ford Madox Ford; Contributions by Mint Editions
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No More Parades (1924) is a novel by Ford Madox Ford. Set during
the First World War, the novel is the story of Christopher
Tietjens, a brilliant statistician and wealthy aristocrat known as
"the last Tory." As he moves from a faithless marriage into an
affair of his own, eventually volunteering to fight under
dubious-perhaps suicidal-motives, Tietjens appears both symbolic
and tragically human, a casualty of a dying era dedicating its
final breaths to death, despair, and destruction. Adapted for
television twice-a 1964 series starring Ronald Hines and Judi
Dench, as well as a 2012 series starring Benedict Cumberbatch and
Rebecca Hall-Parade's End is essential to Ford's reputation as a
leading novelist of the twentieth century. In the words of W. H.
Auden, "There are not many English novels which deserve to be
called great: Parade's End is one of them." Having gone to war to
leave his troubled romantic life behind him, Christopher Tietjens
is late to realize that the glories of battle are a dangerous
fiction indeed. Now a Captain, he is responsible for thousands of
soldiers on the front lines of France, most of whom were not born
into fortune as he was. As a German assault rains fire on their
vulnerable position, as Tietjens holds a dying comrade in his arms,
as he witnesses the best minds of his generation go mad amid so
much destruction, Tietjens attempts to maintain a shred of his own
fractured humanity. Back at home, his unfaithful wife takes full
advantage of his prolonged absence, but soon longs to draw
Christopher back into her life. Tragic and emotionally piercing, No
More Parade's is a story of romance, war and betrayal that proves a
brilliant sequel to Some Do Not. With a beautifully designed cover
and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Ford Madox
Ford's No More Parades is a classic work of British literature
reimagined for modern readers.
The Fifth Queen: And How She Came to Court (1906) is a novel by
Ford Madox Ford. The first installment of Ford's The Fifth Queen
Trilogy is set during the reign of Henry VIII, a tumultuous time of
political and religious oppression in a land at the mercy of a
murderous King. Ford's trilogy recreates Tudor England in a
masterful story of court intrigue, romance, and betrayal. Focusing
on the tragic figure of Katharine Howard, the fifth wife of the
King, Ford investigates the interconnection of sex and power in a
political atmosphere clouded by violence and espionage. Depicting
some of the era's most notorious figures, including Thomas
Cromwell, Bloody Mary, and the King himself, Ford makes history
both entertaining and undeniably human. Brought to the court of
King Henry VIII by her cousin Thomas Culpeper, Katharine Howard, a
noblewoman whose family's fortunes had been in decline for some
time, inadvertently catches the eye of his majesty. Given a
position as a lady in waiting for Lady Mary, Howard-though opposed
by the brutally efficient schemer Thomas Cromwell-soon
distinguishes herself in the eyes of the King, who makes her his
fifth Queen. Thrust into the spotlight at the age of seventeen, she
finds herself forced into an impossible role as a public figure
whose every move could enrage her notoriously violent husband.
Howard has traditionally been seen as a minor figure in the history
of Tudor England. For Ford, however, a master storyteller with an
eye for tragedy and a skill for developing flawed, convincingly
human characters, Howard is a woman whose life and death are not
only worthy of literature, but instructive for the men and women of
Edwardian England. In The Fifth Queen: And How She Came to Court,
he introduces his readers to this largely unknown, tragic figure,
presenting her as an intelligent, confident, and morally righteous
young woman whose greatest misfortune may have been to be good in a
court controlled by self-serving, vindictive men. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Ford Madox Ford's The Fifth Queen: And How She Came
to Court is a classic work of British literature reimagined for
modern readers.
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Some Do Not (Hardcover)
Ford Madox Ford; Contributions by Mint Editions
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Some Do Not (1924) is a novel by Ford Madox Ford. Set during the
First World War, the novel is the story of Christopher Tietjens, a
brilliant statistician and wealthy aristocrat known as "the last
Tory." As he moves from a faithless marriage into an affair of his
own, eventually volunteering to fight under dubious-perhaps
suicidal-motives, Tietjens appears both symbolic and tragically
human, a casualty of a dying era dedicating its final breaths to
death, despair, and destruction. Adapted for television twice-a
1964 series starring Ronald Hines and Judi Dench, as well as a 2012
series starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall-Parade's End
is essential to Ford's reputation as a leading novelist of the
twentieth century. In the words of W. H. Auden, "There are not many
English novels which deserve to be called great: Parade's End is
one of them." In the years of tenuous peace leading up to the Great
War, Christopher Tietjens is known as a brilliant man with a
distinguished past and a promising future ahead of him. Behind his
successful facade, however, he devotes himself to work in order to
avoid confronting his unfaithful wife Sylvia, a prominent
aristocrat. Additionally, Tietjens finds himself alienated by a
modernizing Britain, which no longer seems to belong to the landed
gentry from whom he descends. Caught up in a passionate affair with
a beautiful young Suffragette, despairing over his marriage and
social life, he decides to enlist in the army at the onset of war
with Germany, leaving his peers-but not his past-behind. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Ford Madox Ford's Some Do Not is a classic work of
British literature reimagined for modern readers.
Privy Seal: His Last Venture (1907) is a novel by Ford Madox Ford.
The second installment of Ford's The Fifth Queen Trilogy is set
during the reign of Henry VIII, a tumultuous time of political and
religious oppression in a land at the mercy of a murderous King.
Ford's trilogy recreates Tudor England in a masterful story of
court intrigue, romance, and betrayal. Focusing on the tragic
figure of Katharine Howard, the fifth wife of the King, Ford
investigates the interconnection of sex and power in a political
atmosphere clouded by violence and espionage. Depicting some of the
era's most notorious figures, including Thomas Cromwell, Bloody
Mary, and the King himself, Ford makes history both entertaining
and undeniably human. Brought to the court of King Henry VIII by
her cousin Thomas Culpeper, Katharine Howard, a noblewoman whose
family's fortunes had been in decline for some time, inadvertently
catches the eye of his majesty. Given a position as a lady in
waiting for Lady Mary, Howard-though opposed by the brutally
efficient schemer Thomas Cromwell-soon distinguishes herself in the
eyes of the King, who makes her his fifth Queen. Thrust into the
spotlight at the age of seventeen, she finds herself forced into an
impossible role as a public figure whose every move could enrage
her notoriously violent husband. Howard has traditionally been seen
as a minor figure in the history of Tudor England. For Ford,
however, a master storyteller with an eye for tragedy and a skill
for developing flawed, convincingly human characters, Howard is a
woman whose life and death are not only worthy of literature, but
instructive for the men and women of Edwardian England. In Privy
Seal, he focuses on the figure of Thomas Cromwell, a powerful
advisor to the King who comes to see Katharine as a rival whose
good nature threatens his ambitious political agenda. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Ford Madox Ford's Privy Seal: His Last Venture is a
classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
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Some Do Not (Paperback)
Ford Madox Ford; Contributions by Mint Editions
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Some Do Not (1924) is a novel by Ford Madox Ford. Set during the
First World War, the novel is the story of Christopher Tietjens, a
brilliant statistician and wealthy aristocrat known as "the last
Tory." As he moves from a faithless marriage into an affair of his
own, eventually volunteering to fight under dubious-perhaps
suicidal-motives, Tietjens appears both symbolic and tragically
human, a casualty of a dying era dedicating its final breaths to
death, despair, and destruction. Adapted for television twice-a
1964 series starring Ronald Hines and Judi Dench, as well as a 2012
series starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall-Parade's End
is essential to Ford's reputation as a leading novelist of the
twentieth century. In the words of W. H. Auden, "There are not many
English novels which deserve to be called great: Parade's End is
one of them." In the years of tenuous peace leading up to the Great
War, Christopher Tietjens is known as a brilliant man with a
distinguished past and a promising future ahead of him. Behind his
successful facade, however, he devotes himself to work in order to
avoid confronting his unfaithful wife Sylvia, a prominent
aristocrat. Additionally, Tietjens finds himself alienated by a
modernizing Britain, which no longer seems to belong to the landed
gentry from whom he descends. Caught up in a passionate affair with
a beautiful young Suffragette, despairing over his marriage and
social life, he decides to enlist in the army at the onset of war
with Germany, leaving his peers-but not his past-behind. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Ford Madox Ford's Some Do Not is a classic work of
British literature reimagined for modern readers.
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Romance (Hardcover)
Ford Madox Ford, Joseph Conrad
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Romance (1903) is a novel by Ford Madox Ford and Joseph Conrad. One
of just three collaborations between two of the greatest English
language novelists of the twentieth century, Romance plays to the
strengths of each author to weave a tale of adventure, bad luck,
and political intrigue. Adapted into The Road to Romance (1927), a
lost silent film, Romance remains a highly entertaining and largely
forgotten work of English fiction. "What are these days to me? But
that far-off day of my romance, when from between the blue and
white bales in Don Ramon's darkened storeroom, at Kingston, I saw
the door open before the figure of an old man with the tired, long,
white face, that day I am not likely to forget." Forced to flee his
native England after being accused of smuggling, John Kemp joins
his cousin Carlos in Jamaica. Soon, however, he grows wary of their
comrade Castro, a shadowy figure who poses a danger to Kemp's
anonymity. Setting out on his own, he crosses paths with O'Brien, a
notorious Irish nationalist who sees in Kemp an easy target for
manipulation. Once again forced to flee for his life, Kemp searches
for his cousin, only to find him on his deathbed. Left with no
choice, he joins forces with Castro and the local beauty Serafina,
who prove the greatest of friends. Eminently entertaining, this
swashbuckling adventure is perfect for fans of Conrad and Ford, or
for anyone looking to escape into a world of unending romance. With
a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford's Romance is a
classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
The Fifth Queen Crowned (1908) is a novel by Ford Madox Ford. The
third and final installment of Ford's The Fifth Queen Trilogy is
set during the reign of Henry VIII, a tumultuous time of political
and religious oppression in a land at the mercy of a murderous
King. Ford's trilogy recreates Tudor England in a masterful story
of court intrigue, romance, and betrayal. Focusing on the tragic
figure of Katharine Howard, the fifth wife of the King, Ford
investigates the interconnection of sex and power in a political
atmosphere clouded by violence and espionage. Depicting some of the
era's most notorious figures, including Thomas Cromwell, Bloody
Mary, and the King himself, Ford makes history both entertaining
and undeniably human. Brought to the court of King Henry VIII by
her cousin Thomas Culpeper, Katharine Howard, a noblewoman whose
family's fortunes had been in decline for some time, inadvertently
catches the eye of his majesty. Given a position as a lady in
waiting for Lady Mary, Howard-though opposed by the brutally
efficient schemer Thomas Cromwell-soon distinguishes herself in the
eyes of the King, who makes her his fifth Queen. Thrust into the
spotlight at the age of seventeen, she finds herself forced into an
impossible role as a public figure whose every move could enrage
her notoriously violent husband. Howard has traditionally been seen
as a minor figure in the history of Tudor England. For Ford,
however, a master storyteller with an eye for tragedy and a skill
for developing flawed, convincingly human characters, Howard is a
woman whose life and death are not only worthy of literature, but
instructive for the men and women of Edwardian England. In The
Fifth Queen Crowned, he continues the story of Katharine in the
aftermath of Thomas Cromwell's demise. Now married to Henry VIII,
she finds herself increasingly powerless at court and fears
angering the King. Strong willed and eminently good, Katharine is
drawn into the controversy surrounding Nicholas Throckmorton, who
has been implicated in Wyatt's Rebellion and thrown in prison. As
the King grows tired of her willpower and jealous of her
relationship with Culpeper, her time as Queen grows increasingly
tenuous. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Ford Madox Ford's The Fifth
Queen Crowned is a classic work of British literature reimagined
for modern readers.
The Fifth Queen: And How She Came to Court (1906) is a novel by
Ford Madox Ford. The first installment of Ford's The Fifth Queen
Trilogy is set during the reign of Henry VIII, a tumultuous time of
political and religious oppression in a land at the mercy of a
murderous King. Ford's trilogy recreates Tudor England in a
masterful story of court intrigue, romance, and betrayal. Focusing
on the tragic figure of Katharine Howard, the fifth wife of the
King, Ford investigates the interconnection of sex and power in a
political atmosphere clouded by violence and espionage. Depicting
some of the era's most notorious figures, including Thomas
Cromwell, Bloody Mary, and the King himself, Ford makes history
both entertaining and undeniably human. Brought to the court of
King Henry VIII by her cousin Thomas Culpeper, Katharine Howard, a
noblewoman whose family's fortunes had been in decline for some
time, inadvertently catches the eye of his majesty. Given a
position as a lady in waiting for Lady Mary, Howard-though opposed
by the brutally efficient schemer Thomas Cromwell-soon
distinguishes herself in the eyes of the King, who makes her his
fifth Queen. Thrust into the spotlight at the age of seventeen, she
finds herself forced into an impossible role as a public figure
whose every move could enrage her notoriously violent husband.
Howard has traditionally been seen as a minor figure in the history
of Tudor England. For Ford, however, a master storyteller with an
eye for tragedy and a skill for developing flawed, convincingly
human characters, Howard is a woman whose life and death are not
only worthy of literature, but instructive for the men and women of
Edwardian England. In The Fifth Queen: And How She Came to Court,
he introduces his readers to this largely unknown, tragic figure,
presenting her as an intelligent, confident, and morally righteous
young woman whose greatest misfortune may have been to be good in a
court controlled by self-serving, vindictive men. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Ford Madox Ford's The Fifth Queen: And How She Came
to Court is a classic work of British literature reimagined for
modern readers.
The Fifth Queen (1906-1908) is a trilogy of novels by Ford Madox
Ford. Set during the reign of Henry VIII, Ford's trilogy recreates
Tudor England in a masterful story of court intrigue, romance, and
betrayal. Focusing on the tragic figure of Katharine Howard, the
fifth wife of the King, Ford investigates the interconnection of
sex and power in a political atmosphere clouded by violence and
espionage. Depicting some of the era's most notorious figures,
including Thomas Cromwell, Bloody Mary, and the King himself, Ford
makes history both entertaining and undeniably human. Brought to
the court of King Henry VIII by her cousin Thomas Culpeper,
Katharine Howard, a noblewoman whose family's fortunes had been in
decline for some time, inadvertently catches the eye of his
majesty. Given a position as a lady in waiting for Lady Mary,
Howard-though opposed by the brutally efficient schemer Thomas
Cromwell-soon distinguishes herself in the eyes of the King, who
makes her his fifth Queen. Thrust into the spotlight at the age of
seventeen, she finds herself forced into an impossible role as a
public figure whose every move could enrage her notoriously violent
husband. Married to the Henry for a brief time before she was
unceremoniously divorced and beheaded, Howard has traditionally
been seen as a minor figure in the history of Tudor England. For
Ford, however, a master storyteller with an eye for tragedy and a
skill for developing flawed, convincingly human characters, Howard
is a woman whose life and death are not only worthy of literature,
but instructive for the men and women of Edwardian England. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Ford Madox Ford's The Fifth Queen Trilogy is a
classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
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