Death of a Hero

Author: Richard Aldington
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B008EXK7H6

Death of a Hero (Penguin Classics)

One of the great World War I antiwar novels-honest, chilling, and brilliantly satirical
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Based on the author's experiences on the Western Front, Richard Aldington's first novel, Death of a Hero, finally joins the ranks of Penguin Classics. Get Death of a Hero literature books for free.
Our hero is George Winterbourne, who enlists in the British Expeditionary Army during the Great War and gets sent to France. After a rash of casualties leads to his promotion through the ranks, he grows increasingly cynical about the war and disillusioned by the hypocrisies of British society. Aldington's writing about Britain's ignorance of the tribulations of its soldiers is among the most biting ever published. Death of a Hero vividly evokes the morally degrading nature Check Death of a Hero our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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