World at Waugh

A few weeks back I came across Evelyn Waugh's The End of the Battle, the last volume of his Sword of Honor trilogy. I hadn't read the first two volumes, but this edition had a helpful synopsis of the previous books' action. It's a shrewd, insightful, and altogether enjoyable novel, even if you don't agree with Waugh's politics. Best of all, I found a useful and lucidly written web companion to the Sword of Honor books, as well as to Brideshead Revisited. It's full of notes, essays, even biographies of key figures in Waugh's life and world, all compiled by the astute David Cliffe. I commend it to anyone with an interest in these books. You can find it here.