{"product_id":"covenant-with-death-9780751557121","title":"Covenant with Death","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey joined for their country. They fought for each other.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn anti-war book right up there with Remarque's \u003ci\u003eAll Quiet on the Western Front\u003cbr\u003eShortlist \u003c\/i\u003e(The Greatest War Novels of all Time) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'The blood and guts, the nightmare stink of cordite . . . appalling realism'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A superb novel'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'True and terrible'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'An outstanding achievement'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sphere\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780751557121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 4.90w x 1.50d","brand":"John Harris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43067637661877,"sku":"9780751557121","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_bed52c10-58fb-4a9b-9d7e-04dc12b12f5c.jpg?v=1690861925","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/covenant-with-death-9780751557121","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}