Birdsong
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099289685 (0099289687)
Publish date: 1994
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 503
Edition language: English
A senseless slaughter of innocent lives, young men, brothers, cousins, family connections living in the same towns and villages, lined up at the front of water logged trenches waiting for the whistle and their date with destiny. It is 1910, four years before the start of World War 1 and Stephen Wra...
Just in time for the hundredth anniversary of Armistice Day, I read this novel of World War 1. This was a terrifying and compelling ride — perhaps the most intimate story I've read about wartime. Faulks' vibrant and often blunt descriptions give the feeling of being beside the men in the trenches, w...
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review, thank you! Perhaps I just read this book at the wrong moment in time for me. I thought it would be a great time, given all the events commemorating the start of the First World War. Perhaps this ...
Hey my fellow netizens, I am so sorry I have not updated this blog in over 2 months. It is needless to say that life has been hectic and difficult. However, I have had this book review as a draft since October and I thought it was grand time to release it. It might have been nicer to do so on Vet...
bookshelves: published-1993, wwi, war, play-dramatisation, historical-fiction, fraudio Recommended for: laura, suvi Read in November, 2009 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/...It's France 1910. Stephen Wraysford arrives in France and falls in love. Dramatisation of Sebastian Faulks' novel wi...
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