Paths of Glory (disambiguation)

Paths of Glory is a phrase from the following line of the poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" by Thomas Gray:

"The paths of glory lead but to the grave."

The phrase has been used as the title of a number of works about war or similar struggles.

Books

• Paths of Glory, a 1915 book written by Irvin S. Cobb; a non-fiction account of his journalistic experiences during World War I
• Paths of Glory (Cobb novel), a 1935 novel by Humphrey Cobb, the basis of the Stanley Kubrick film
• Paths of Glory (Archer novel), a 2009 novel on Everest by Jeffrey Archer
• Paths of Glory: The French Army, 1914-18, a 2005 book by Anthony Clayton
• Paths of Glory: The Life and Death of General James Wolfe, a 2008 book by Stephen Brumwell

Film, theatre and TV

• Paths of Glory (play) 1935 play by Sidney Coe Howard, based on the novel by Humphrey Cobb
• Paths of Glory (film) 1957 film also based on the novel by Humphrey Cobb
• Paths of Glory (The Simpsons), a 2015 episode of The Simpsons

Art

• Paths of Glory (painting), a 1917 painting by Christopher Nevinson

Games

• Paths of Glory (board game), a wargame about World War I

Music

• "Paths of Glory", a song by the American rock band Faith No More, from the album Album of the Year