Guy Crouchback, a Roman Catholic heir, returns to England at the start of World War II and joins the Royal Corps of Halberdiers, despite being separated from his wife Virginia. He's implicated in a colleague's death and sent to train a commando brigade on a Scottish island. He participates in the evacuation of Crete and escapes to Egypt with fellow officers.
Sword of Honour
In the midst of World War II, Guy Crouchback, a scion of a fading English Catholic family, returns to England from Italy and enlists in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers, accompanied by a diverse group of misfits, as he strives to rekindle a past romance.
