![]() ![]() Birdsong derives most of its power from its descriptions of mud and blood, and Wraysford's attempt to retain a scrap of humanity while surrounded by it. Wraysford is haunted by this doomed affair and carries it with him into the trenches of World War I. ![]() Wrayford convinces her to leave a life of passionless comfort to be at his side, but things do not turn out according to plan. Unfortunately, she's already married, the wife of a wealthy textile baron. The book's hero, a 20-year-old Englishman named Stephen Wraysford, finds his true love on a trip to Amiens in 1910. A bestseller in England, there's even a little high-toned erotica thrown into the mix to convince the doubtful. Readers who are entranced by the sweeping Anglo sagas of Masterpiece Theatre will devour Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks's historical drama. ![]()
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