Sword of Honour trilogy

E150429

novel series satirical work war novel

Sword of Honour trilogy is a series of semi-autobiographical World War II novels by Evelyn Waugh that satirically depict the absurdities and moral ambiguities of war through the experiences of an English officer.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Sword of Honour trilogy canonical	11
Sword of Honour	9
Evelyn Waugh's war trilogy (informal grouping with Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, Unconditional Surrender)	1
Sword of Honour universe	1
Sword of Honour: Unconditional Surrender	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1318482 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sword of Honour trilogy
Context triple: [Evelyn Waugh, notableWork, Sword of Honour trilogy]

A. Foyle's War
Foyle's War is a British detective drama series set during and after World War II, following a principled police detective solving crimes on the home front.
B. Fancy Brigades
Fancy Brigades are elaborately costumed performance groups known for their choreographed, theatrical presentations as part of Philadelphia’s annual New Year’s Mummers festivities.
C. The Arts of War
The Arts of War is a pair of monumental equestrian bronze sculptures by Leo Friedlander that symbolize martial valor and sacrifice, installed at the Washington, D.C. entrance to Arlington Memorial Bridge.
D. Honor and Fatherland
"Honor and Fatherland" is the traditional Romanian military motto expressing loyalty, patriotism, and dedication to the nation.
E. The King’s Life Guard
The King’s Life Guard is a ceremonial cavalry unit of the British Army responsible for providing mounted protection and escort to the reigning monarch.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sword of Honour trilogy
Target entity description: Sword of Honour trilogy is a series of semi-autobiographical World War II novels by Evelyn Waugh that satirically depict the absurdities and moral ambiguities of war through the experiences of an English officer.

A. Foyle's War
Foyle's War is a British detective drama series set during and after World War II, following a principled police detective solving crimes on the home front.
B. Fancy Brigades
Fancy Brigades are elaborately costumed performance groups known for their choreographed, theatrical presentations as part of Philadelphia’s annual New Year’s Mummers festivities.
C. The Arts of War
The Arts of War is a pair of monumental equestrian bronze sculptures by Leo Friedlander that symbolize martial valor and sacrifice, installed at the Washington, D.C. entrance to Arlington Memorial Bridge.
D. Honor and Fatherland
"Honor and Fatherland" is the traditional Romanian military motto expressing loyalty, patriotism, and dedication to the nation.
E. The King’s Life Guard
The King’s Life Guard is a ceremonial cavalry unit of the British Army responsible for providing mounted protection and escort to the reigning monarch.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	novel series ⓘ satirical work ⓘ war novel ⓘ
adaptationCountry	United Kingdom ⓘ
adaptationFormat	television drama ⓘ
adaptationLanguage	English ⓘ
author	Evelyn Waugh ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception	highly acclaimed ⓘ
explores	conflict between personal honour and military duty ⓘ
firstPartPublicationYear	1952 ⓘ
focusesOn	British officer class ⓘ bureaucratic absurdity in wartime ⓘ
genre	comic novel ⓘ satire ⓘ war fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Sword of Honour (TV serial) ⓘ
hasPart	Men at Arms ⓘ Officers and Gentlemen ⓘ Unconditional Surrender ⓘ
inspiredBy	Evelyn Waugh's World War II experiences ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryForm	semi-autobiographical fiction ⓘ
literaryMovement	Catholic literature ⓘ modernist fiction ⓘ
mainCharacter	Guy Crouchback ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person ⓘ
narrativeTone	comic ⓘ ironic ⓘ
notableCharacter	Apthorpe ⓘ linked to: Apethorpe Brigadier Ritchie-Hook ⓘ Ivor Claire ⓘ Virginia Troy ⓘ
numberOfWorks	3 ⓘ
protagonistOccupation	British Army officer ⓘ
publisher	Chapman & Hall ⓘ linked to: Chapman and Hall
recognizedAs	one of Evelyn Waugh's major works ⓘ
secondPartPublicationYear	1955 ⓘ
setting	Mediterranean theatre of World War II ⓘ linked to: Mediterranean Theater of Operations United Kingdom ⓘ
settingPeriod	World War II ⓘ
theme	Catholicism ⓘ decline of the English aristocracy ⓘ disillusionment ⓘ honour ⓘ moral ambiguity of war ⓘ
thirdPartPublicationYear	1961 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Evelyn Waugh → notableWork → Sword of Honour trilogy ⓘ

Put Out More Flags → partOf → Evelyn Waugh's war trilogy (informal grouping with Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, Unconditional Surrender) ⓘ