Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryderby Evelyn Waugh-Used Brooklyn K. Biegel Every mystery has its motives

Every mystery has its motives

she uncovers startling truths about herself

a lonely old woman in Peru becomes fascinated with a young woman and her louche lover in Germany

so close to throwing her entire life away

Yet the exploits of these courageous resistance fighters have remained virtually unknown

Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryderby Evelyn Waugh-Used Brooklyn K. Biegel Every mystery has its motivesThe most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World War. It tells the story of Charles Ryder's infatuation with the Marchmains and the rapidly disappearing world of privilege they inhabit. Enchanted first by Sebastian at Oxford, then by his doomed Catholic family, in particular his remote sister, Julia, Charles comes finally to recognize only his spiritual and social