'Magnificent - deeply moving'Sunday Times'Engrossing,moving,and unforgettable' The TimesIn the heat of the French summer of 1910,young Englishman Stephen Wraysford arrives in Amiens to stay with the Azaire family. But soon a secret passion emerges that threatens to destroy the household. Six years later,Stephen finds himself on the Western Front with civilization itself in the balance. And in a maze of tunnels under the trenches he will fight for everything he has known and loved.An epic of love,death and redemption,Birdsong has moved millions of readers all over the world to become a contemporary classic.
Publisher: CornerstoneISBN: 9781804944172Number of pages: 512Weight: 350 gDimensions: 198 x 128 x 30 mm
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"With Birdsong Faulks has produced a mesmerizing story of love and war... This book is so powerful that as I finished it I turned to the front to start again." -Sunday Express"Engrossing,moving,and unforgettable." -The Times
Sebastian Faulks
An author who has achieved an enviable blend of literary merit and huge commercial success across a varied and experimental career,Sebastian Faulks is still best-known for his French trilogy,including the tour-de force novel of the First World War,Birdsong,The Girl at the Lion D'orand the classic novel of the French ResistanceCharlotte Gray.
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