A young woman takes a job as a waitress in a provincial town in 1930s France. A married man from a nearby chateau falls in love with her. They go away together and an ill-starred affair follows.
French Trilogy Seria
This trilogy delves into the heart of wartime conflicts and their profound impact on individual lives. Each novel uncovers intimate details of characters whose destinies are intertwined with the intense experiences of war and its aftermath. The series masterfully explores the resilience of the human spirit in the face of immense suffering. It offers a powerful and poignant examination of survival and loss.
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Birdsong
- 528 stron
- 19 godzin czytania
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. Over the course of the novel he suffers 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.
Charlotte Gray
- 497 stron
- 18 godzin czytania
Completes a trilogy of novels set in France - Charlotte Gray, a young Scottish woman, heads for Occupied France on a dual mission, to run an errand for a British special operations group and unofficially, to search for her lover, an English airman missing in action; This title is also available as a film.