A Dance to the Music of Time: Third Movement (Paperback)

from DinadansFriend

This omnibus volume contains three of Anthony Powell's novels, The Valley of Bones", "The Soldier's Art", and "The Military Philosophers". The whole work, with its twelve scenes, is a great portrait of British Life in the Mid Twentieth Century and should not be missed by those desiring to be well...

from mlbelize

A Dance to the Music of Time: 3rd Movement includes these three novels:The Valley of BonesThe Soldier's ArtThe Military Philosophers  The Valley of Bones heralds the beginning of the war and Jenkins' life in the military. We find Jenkins, a thirty something year old second-lieutenant in an infant...

from amerynth

I'm reading Anthony Powell's 12-book "A Dance to the Music of Time" this year, one book per month. This volume contains books seven, eight and nine, which I'm reading in July, August and September. I'm reviewing the books as I go. I was disappointed with "The Valley of Bones," which was my least ...

from hemlokgang

In Powell's inimitable style, the three books of Volume 3, encompass WWII. Nicholas Jenkins, our narrator, continues to share his internal monologue. Many characters, new and old, populate these years. The reader is privy to the absurdities, the humanity, the vanity and selfishness, of former soc...

from GarySeverance

The Third Movement of Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time contains three volumes in which the narrator, Nicholas Jenkins has just joined the British Army 'territorials' during World War II. This part of the Army is similar to today's US Army National Guard. The three volumes, The Valley...