On a small island off the south coast of France, Robert Hendricks, an English doctor who has seen the best and the worst the twentieth century had to offer, is forced to confront the events that made up his life.His host, and antagonist,...

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Terrified, a young prisoner in the Second World War closes his eyes and pictures himself going out to bat on a sunlit cricket ground in Hampshire. Across the courtyard in a Victorian workhouse, a father too ashamed to acknowledge his...

Now in paperback, this is an official, new novel in P.G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves & Wooster" series, written by "Birdsong" author Faulks. Fully authorised by the Wodehouse estate, it sees Bertie Wooster return from Cannes to the stately home...

'A fine and profoundly intelligent novel, written by an author who balances big ideas with human emotion. Wistful, yearning and wise' ELIZABETH DAY'Faulks's most poignant love story yet' ANTONY BEEVOR, author of...

Two titles reissued in a new series style, featuring fresh jacket styles for a new generation. von Faulks, Sebastian

Read this masterful, generation-spanning love story, set in Austria as it recovers from one war and awaits the coming of another.'Wistful, yearning and wise' Elizabeth Day1914: Aspiring journalist Anton arrives in Vienna where he meets...

Sebastian Faulks was born in April 1953. Before becoming a full-time writer in 1991, he worked as a journalist. Sebastian Faulks¿s books include A Possible Life, Human Traces, On Green Dolphin Street, Engleby, Birdsong, A Week in...

In the blustery final days of 2007, seven characters will reach an unexpected turning point: a hedge fund manager pulling off a trade, a professional football player recently arrived from Poland, a young lawyer with too much time on his...

"The Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives" von Sebastian Faulks ist eine biografische Darstellung der Leben dreier bemerkenswerter Engländer, deren vielversprechende Karrieren und Leben tragisch verkürzt wurden. Der erste porträtierte...

"The Girl at the Lion d'Or" von Sebastian Faulks ist ein historischer Roman, der in den 1930er Jahren in einem kleinen französischen Dorf spielt. Im Mittelpunkt steht Anne Louvet, eine junge Frau mit einer geheimnisvollen Vergangenheit,...

Seit jeher hat er anderen auf die Sprünge geholfen, doch selten sich selbst. Alles ändert sich, als eine rätselhafte Einladung den Londoner Psychiater Robert Hendricks auf eine felsige Insel vor der französischen Mittelmeerküsteführt -...