{"product_id":"a-handful-of-dust-von-evelyn-waugh-1","title":"A Handful of Dust","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvelyn Waugh was born in Hampstead in 1903, second son of Arthur Waugh, publisher and literary critic, and brother of Alec Waugh, the popular novelist. He was educated at Lancing and Hertford College, Oxford, where he read Modern History. In 1928 he published his first work, a life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and his first novel, \u003ci\u003eDecline and Fall\u003c\/i\u003e, which was soon followed by \u003ci\u003eVile Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e (1930), \u003ci\u003eBlack Mischief\u003c\/i\u003e (1932), \u003ci\u003eA Handful of Dust\u003c\/i\u003e (1934) and \u003ci\u003eScoop\u003c\/i\u003e (1938). During these years he travelled extensively in most parts of Europe, the Near East, Africa and tropical America, and published a number of travel books, including \u003ci\u003eLabels\u003c\/i\u003e (1930), \u003ci\u003eRemote People,\u003c\/i\u003e (1931), \u003ci\u003eNinety-Two Days\u003c\/i\u003e (1934) and \u003ci\u003eWaugh in Abyssinia\u003c\/i\u003e (1936). In 1939 he was commissioned in the Royal Marines and later transferred to the Royal Horse Guards, serving in the Middle East and in Yugoslavia. In 1942 he published \u003ci\u003ePut Out More Flags\u003c\/i\u003e and then in 1945 \u003ci\u003eBrideshead Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eWhen the Going was Good\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Loved One\u003c\/i\u003e preceded \u003ci\u003eMen at Arms\u003c\/i\u003e, which came out in 1952, the first volume of 'The Sword of Honour' trilogy, and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. The other volumes, \u003ci\u003eOfficers and Gentlemen\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUnconditional Surrender\u003c\/i\u003e, followed in 1955 and 1961. He died in 1966.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9780141183961\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9780141183961","offer_id":58006729818437,"sku":"9780141183961","price":14.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/6d9cfa40-c292-413b-bc2c-52dfac94b03a.jpg?v=1782014517","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/a-handful-of-dust-von-evelyn-waugh-1","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}