Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man - Classic English Hunting Literature | Autobiographical Novel | Perfect for Equestrian Enthusiasts & Historical Fiction Readers | Great for Book Clubs & Countryside Retreats

Brilliantly elegiac and beautifully written. If you already like his poems you have to read this and it wouldn't disappoint. I don't know why it's not more famous. This is book 1 - you will want to read books 2 and 3 as well (which are titled, "Memoirs of an Infantry Officer" and "Sherston's Progress"). While book 1 is about childhood, being a young man, and being (foolishly) into cricket and fox hunting, it segues very beautifully, and deliberately, into the horrors of WWI trench warfare. It captures the mindset of this naive generation perfectly - much more so than any anthology of Great War poets. If more young people of every nation read this thoughtful trilogy, written by a smart guy who experienced true war, they wouldn't think warfare, gunfighting and military heroics were so drop-dead cool.