A Broken World by Sebastian Faulks
Offering a collection of personal and defining moments, this book offers insight into the Great War as it was experienced and as it was remembered.
The First World War anthology for our time * Evening Standard *
The selections have extraordinary literary power…they speak with distinctive voices, which echo in the mind -- Charles Moore * Daily Telegraph *
A marvellous collection * Independent *
This is a unique collection of contemporary accounts – and just as compelling as the work of any historian * Scotsman *
The selections have extraordinary literary power…they speak with distinctive voices, which echo in the mind -- Charles Moore * Daily Telegraph *
A marvellous collection * Independent *
This is a unique collection of contemporary accounts – and just as compelling as the work of any historian * Scotsman *
Sebastian Faulks has written nineteen books, of which A Week in December and The Fatal Englishman were number one in the Sunday Times bestseller lists. He is best known for Birdsong, part of his French trilogy, and Human Traces, the first in an ongoing Austrian trilogy. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as a journalist on national papers. He has also written screenplays and has appeared in small roles on stage. He lives in London. Hope Wolf is a Research Fellow in English at Girton College, the University of Cambridge. Her main interests are in modern and contemporary literature, life writing and culture. She holds a PhD from King’s College London, and her doctoral research focused on archives at the Imperial War Museum.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099597797 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099597799 |
| Title | A Broken World |
| Author | Sebastian Faulks |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2015-11-05 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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