Mr Roberts shows boyish pleasure and admiration at the great feats of arms he describes. But the underlying tones of this magnificent book are in a minor key: furious sorrow at the waste of it all.
罗伯特先生对战争伟业表现了孩子般的欢欣和崇拜,但隐藏在这部伟大著作后面的调子去时对所有战争中失去的深切的悲痛。
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