Publisher details

Author: Sebastian Faulks
Publisher: Random House
Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Released: 01 January, 1993
ISBN: 9780099496922

Birdsong

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Synopsis

Set before and during the great war, Birdsong captures the drama of that era on both a national and a personal scale.It is the story of Stephen, a young Englishman, who arrives in Amiens in 1910. His life goes through a series of traumatic experiences, from the clandestine love affair that tears apart the family with whom he lives, to the unprecedented experiences of the war itself.#83 in ABC My Favourite Book

About the author

Sebastian Faulks

Sebastian Faulks's books include the number one bestseller A Week in December, A Possible Life, Human Traces, On Green Dolphin Street, Charlotte Gray and Birdsong, which has sold more than three million copies. In 2011 he wrote and presented the four-part television series Faulks on Fiction for BBC Two.