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Charlotte Gray

By: Sebastian Faulks
Narrated by: Samuel West
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 In 1942, Charlotte Gray, a young Scottish woman, goes to occupied France on a dual mission: to run an apparently simple errand for a British special operations group and to search for her lover, an English airman called Peter Gregory, who has gone missing in action. In the small town of Lavaurette, Sebastian Faulks presents a microcosm of France and its agony in "the black years". Here is the full range of collaboration, from the tacit to the enthusiastic, as well as examples of extraordinary courage and altruism. Through the local resistance chief, Julien, Charlotte meets his father, a Jewish painter whose inspiration has failed him.

In Charlotte's friendship with both men, Faulks opens up the theme of false memory and of paradises, both national and personal, that appear irredeemably lost. In a series of shocking narrative climaxes in which the full extent of French collusion in the Nazi holocaust is delineated, Faulks brings the story to a resolution of redemptive love. In the delicacy of its writing, the intimacy of its characterisation and its powerful narrative scenes of harrowing public events, Charlotte Gray is a worthy successor to Birdsong.

©1998 Sebastian Faulks; (P)2004 Random House Audiobooks 20th Century Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Romance War & Military Military War
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Romantic and exciting, this book carried me along with it's story, and once again I too fell in love .
Such a great story, that kept me engaged and wanting more. I felt each emotion and each little hint of fear as I too was carried on this journey.

Love fights to live on another day

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Heartwarming yet poignant, a story of powerful love juxtaposed with the shocking cruelty of WW2

Fabulous narration

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Begining to end, a well told story read quite brilliantly. Looking forward to the next novel.

Another masterpiece from the master.

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Brilliant story so well read. Every nuance is caught.
Highly recommended. I enjoyed very much
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