The Soldier's Art - A Dance to the Music of Time 8 written by Anthony Powell performed by Simon Callow on Cassette (Abridged)

'He is, as Proust was before him, the great literary chronicler of his culture in his time.' GUARDIAN 'A Dance to the Music of Time' is universally acknowledged as one of the great works of English literature. In this eighth volume, Nick Jenkins has been posted to Divisional Headquarters as the assistant to his old friend, the rapidly rising Major Widmerpool. Having to work alongside the rather obnoxious Captain Biggs, Nick is...

pleased when his old school pal Charles Stringham becomes the latest recruit to the armed forces.

However, the cruelties of war are not far behind. As the Blitz intensifies, tragedy and despair befall Nick and his friends.