About this book

Set before and during the great war, Birdsong captures the drama of that era on both a national and a personal scale.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.

Subjects

  • fiction
  • fiction, historical
  • fiction, historical, general
  • fiction, romance, historical
  • fiction, war & military
  • france, fiction
  • historical fiction
  • literature
  • love stories
  • world war, 1914-1918
  • world war, 1914-1918, fiction