The Mammoth Book of Sword and Honor (Mammoth Books) [Paperback]

Mike Ashley (Author), Bernard Cornwell (Introduction)

Book Description

Series: Mammoth Books | Publication Date: June 27, 2000

The Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the Zulu conflict in Africa, the Civil War in America-in the nineteenth century, on battlefields around the world, cavalrymen and infantry marched into combat that was unparalleled in the number of lives it claimed and the amount of blood it shed. For the common soldier on the front lines at this time, swords and bayonets, not rifles and heavy artillery, defined the day-to-day fighting experience. Out of that experience have been woven some of the most memorable tales of courage in our literature. While some of the nearly thirty stories in this anthology are culled from classics by such celebrated fiction writers as Arthur Conan Doyle, Alexander Dumas, Prosper Merimee, Ambrose Bierce, and Stephen Crane, others have been especially commissioned for this volume. John Jakes, for one, brings to life a crucial moment of military doubt in his tale of the American Civil War, while John Aquino illuminates anew the military character of a young Robert E. Lee. Just as Richard Howard revisits the Napoleonic era with a new Alain Luisard story, so does Garry Douglas return to the Crimean War with a new adventure of Sergeant John Crossman, and George Macdonald Fraser embroils his redoutable Flashman in the Indian Mutiny. In all, there's adventure enough to thrill readers of any century.

Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf (June 27, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786707275
• ISBN-13: 978-0786707270
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.1 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,510,653 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great 19th Century War Stories, November 6, 2000

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Elizabeth McBrearty (Tucson, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

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This a great collection of 19th century war stories, beginning with the Napoleonic wars and going to the late 19th century. It contains stories not only from the British point of view, but also from the French. It introduced me to authors I'd never heard of before, and whom I'll have to follow up. Even Mark Twain is included with stories about the Civil War. A great read!

3.0 out of 5 stars fair read, November 12, 2007

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This review is from: The Mammoth Book of Sword and Honor (Mammoth Books) (Paperback)

Mixed bag as far as quality of the short stories. Actually, I purchased this by mistake. It was listed as by Bernard Cornwell and some other guy. This was misleading since B.C. wrote only the introduction and none of the stories. I suppose I should have noticed this, but I looked under books by this writer and there it was. Anyway, some good, some not so. The stuff set in the Crimean War is probably the best. The quality seems to taper off toward the end, but for the price it was O.K.