| | Charlotte Gray: Complete & Unabridged |  | Author: Sebastian Faulks
Creator: Jamie Glover
Publisher: Chivers Audio Books
Category: Book
Buy New: £56.29
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 3229339
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 14
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7 x 2.3
ISBN: 0754003957
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780754003953
ASIN: 0754003957
Publication Date: November 1999
Availability: Usually dispatched within 10 to 12 days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Some good moments notwithstanding, a disappointment. March 10, 2000
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Faulkes' genius for descriptive writing peeks through in this book from time to time, but sadly the characterisation is less impressive. Maybe the author's intention was not to woo the empathy of the reader for the eponymous heroine, but in the end I just found her extremely irritating. I didn't regret reading it -- it is simply that this is not one of the most memorable books I have come across. Some might think it unfair to make comparisons, but it simply is not a patch on Birdsong -- which was a work of brilliance.
 incredibly moving October 21, 1999
This is the most moving and shocking book I have ever read. Having studied modern history at school, this story really brings it alive and makes you realise how it really was for the people living in the midst of it. I thank Sebastian Faulks for yet another fantastic work of art.
 Disappointing and predictable October 20, 1999
Following on from Birdsong I thought I was in for another cathartic experience. Sadly this was not the case. Did we care about Charlotte? Why did she bother to go looking for her 'lost love'? Oh so disappointing but a great cure for insomnia.
 an unmissable read! October 2, 1999
Charloote Gray is sent into france on a mission in the middle of WW2. While she is there she also tries to find the love of her life Peter Gregory who is stuck in france after his plane crashed. This novel is thrilling and very moving in some parts and you will be a fool to miss out.
What is it good for ? June 14, 1999
So many novels about war tend to focus on the complexities of battle and the resulting scars. Charlote Grey's focus is on the complexities of people, having to come to terms with their scars during war time. Although not quite as mesmerising as Birdsong, or as prosaic as The Girl From The Lion D'Or, this novel still has the ability to relocate you, be it 1940's London and the rather tasteless acts of bravado, or the beatiful French countryside and ultimately gripping struggle of the French resistance. Faulks is still able to combine sadness and pain with hope and love. The scenes in the concentration camps are just as powerfull and difficult as anything Birdsong has to offer and still reminds us of the terrible human tragedy that all war becomes. It is a book that really is worth spending time with.
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