Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives - Hardcover
A triple biography by the author of "Birdsong". It gives accounts of three extraordinary lives tragically cut short - of Christopher Wood, Richard Hillary and Jeremy Wolfenden - and is also an exploration of three powerful eras of English history, the 1920s, World War II and the Cold War.
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Review:
"Flawless... Poetic... Superbly portrayed... [Faulks's] feat of imagination...is phenomenal" (Daily Telegraph)
"A mystery story of rare narrative power" (Financial Times)
"Sebastian Faulks is a master at switching on the emotions of the reader... The spare narrative hides a commitment to his subject which pulls you in and leaves you gasping for those lost lives" (Brian Masters Mail on Sunday)
"Compelling and stunningly written" (The Times)
"Faulks is a prodigiously talented writer" (New York Times)
From the Publisher:
"A mystery story of rare narrative power" (Financial Times)
"Sebastian Faulks is a master at switching on the emotions of the reader... The spare narrative hides a commitment to his subject which pulls you in and leaves you gasping for those lost lives" (Brian Masters Mail on Sunday)
"Compelling and stunningly written" (The Times)
"Faulks is a prodigiously talented writer" (New York Times)
'Wildly exciting..it's a classic' David Hare
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- PublisherTandem Library
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 141770960X
- ISBN 13 9781417709601
- BindingHardcover
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