Birdsong

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Synopsis

Birdsong is a mesmerising story of love and war spanning three generations between WW1 and present dayThe wartime classic behind the BBC drama starring Eddie RedmayneTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER1910. Amiens, Northern France. Stephen Wraysford, a young Englishman, arrives in the French city to stay with the Azaire family. He falls in love with unhappily married Isabelle and the two enter a tempestuous love affair. But, with the world on the brink of war, the relationship falters. With his love for Isabelle forever engraved on his heart, Stephen volunteers to fight on the Western Front and enters the unimaginable dark world beneath the trenches of No Man’s Land. From award-winning writer Sebastian Faulks, Birdsong is an exceptionally moving and unforgettable portrait of the ruthlessness of war and the indestructability of love. ‘Magnificent – deeply moving’ Sunday Times----Also available by Sebastian Faulks as part of the French trilogy series: The Girl at the Lion d’Or Charlotte Gray

Book details

Series:
Oberon Modern Plays Ser.
Author:
Sebastian Faulks
ISBN:
9781407052564
Related ISBNs:
9781804944172, 9781804944189, 9781843452119, 9781784706975, 9781529913361, 9781784700034
Publisher:
Random House
Pages:
528
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2023-07-19
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2005
Copyright by:
Sebastian Faulks 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Literature and Fiction, Military, Romance