Books with author Alec Waugh

• This Kindle edition contains Alec Waugh's 1919 classic The Prisoners of Main, describes the author's experiences as a Prisoner of war in Germany during World War I.About the AuthorBritish author Alexander Raban "Alec" Waugh (1898 – 1981), brother of author Evelyn Waugh, was an author, critic and publisher. He was born in London and his first, semi-autobiographical novel, The Loom of Youth (1917), was based partly on his experience at Sherborne School, in Dorset. The book was controversial as it mentioned homosexual relationships between boys. Waugh served in France during World War I. He was captured by the Germans in 1918, and spent time in prisoner-of-war camps in Karlsruhe and in the Mainz Citadel. His work is reminiscent of W. Somerset Maugham, and his 1955 novel Island in the Sun was a best-seller. His work includes:The Loom of Youth (1917)Resentment Poems (1918)The Prisoners of Mainz (1919)Pleasure (1921)Public School Life: Boys, Parents, Masters (1922)The Lonely Unicorn (1922)Myself When Young : confessions (1923)Card Castle (1924)Kept : a story of post-war London (1925)Love In These Days (1926)On Doing What One Likes (1926)Nor Many Waters (1928)The Last Chukka : Stories of East and West (1928)Three Score and Ten (1929)"...'Sir,' She Said" (1930)The Coloured Countries (1930)Hot Countries (1930), with woodcuts by Lynd WardMost Women (1931)So Lovers Dream (1931)Leap Before You Look (1932)No Quarter (book)|No Quarter (1932)Thirteen Such Years (1932)Wheels Within Wheels (1933)The Balliols (1934)Jill Somerset (1936)Eight Short Stories (1937)Going Their Own Ways (1938)No Truce With Time (1941)His Second War (1944)The Sunlit Caribbean (1948)These Would I Choose (1948)Unclouded Summer (1948)The Sugar Islands: a Caribbean travelogue (1949)The Lipton Story (1950)Where the Clocks Chime Twice (, 1898-1981)

Originally published in 1919, The Prisoners of Mainz is a narrative account of the author. It conains the author's experiences as a prisoner of in Germany, together with this volume's illustrator, during the first world war. This book records attempts to escape, but is also notable for its unsparing account of the privations of the prisoners, as underfed and permanently hungry, they awaited the end of the war in a Germany that was close to starvation.

Excerpt from Myself When Young: ConfessionsNor, though you will be the richer by nine and eight pence, will you be any less the victim of self-criticism, should you catch the from Warren Street. As you pull wearily up the North End Road, you will be assailed by all those arguments that, had you stayed, you would in the taxi have exposed to high derision.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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The author was serving in the trenches of Passchendaele with the Dorset Regiment. Captured in the German offensives in March 1918, this book records his experiences as a POW. Waugh was first shipped to a temporary camp at Karlsruhe; and then moved to Mainz on the Rhine. This book records attempts to escape, but is also notable for its unsparing account of the privations of the prisoners, as underfed and permanently hungry, they awaited the end of the war in a Germany that was close to starvation.

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Excerpt from Myself When Young: ConfessionsNor, though you will be the richer by nine and eight pence, will you be any less the victim of self-criticism, should you catch the from Warren Street. As you pull wearily up the North End Road, you will be assailed by all those arguments that, had you stayed, you would in the taxi have exposed to high derision.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.