Immortal Sergeant (novel)

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Immortal Sergeant
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First edition
Author John Brophy
LanguageEnglish
GenreWar
Publisher Collins
Publication date
1942
Publication place United Kingdom
Media typePrint

Immortal Sergeant is a 1942 war novel by the British writer John Brophy. [1] The novel is set during the North African campaign of the Second World War and seen through the eyes of a British corporal fighting across the Libyan desert whose comrade, a sergeant, is killed.

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Film adaptation

In 1943 it was adapted into a Hollywood film Immortal Sergeant directed by John M. Stahl and starring Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara and Thomas Mitchell. [2] The plot was then recycled for a 1951 film Fixed Bayonets! about American troops set during the Korean War.

References

  1. Watson & Willison p.539
  2. Goble p.57

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