Superb . . . weaves winningly between the present and the second world war, between Tangiers and Paris. - Observer Here is Paris as you have

Selected from the books Birdsong, A Possible Life and A Week in December by Sebastian FaulksVINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS.A series of short books by the

Set mostly in France spanning the years before and during the First World War, this book presents the drama and destruction of that era as it tells th

Begin jaren negentig verscheen Het lied van de loopgraven, Sebastian Faulks' indrukwekkende roman over de Eerste Wereldoorlog. Waar mijn hart ooit klo

What does it mean to speak of artistic autonomy at a time when art is fully commercialised and aesthetics has become the guiding principle of economic

In het Roemenië van begin jaren twintig komt een jonge Joodse student tot de ontdekking dat hij zich niet langer thuis voelt in de wereld. Hij wordt b

- ObserverHere is Paris as you have never seen it before - a city in which every building seems to hold the echo of an unacknowledged past, the shadow

- ObserverHere is Paris as you have never seen it before - a city in which every building seems to hold the echo of an unacknowledged past, the shadow

Op messcherpe wijze analyseert Haffner de Duitse samenleving zoals die in zijn jeugd bestond, de Eerste Wereldoorlog, de Vrede van Versailles, de infl

Sebastian Haffner was een van de meest vooraanstaande historici in het twintigste-eeuwse Duitsland en werd beroemd met dit fenomenale boek. Het is een

It's the swinging Sixties and a flood of narcotics is pouring into Britain. Sinister industrialist Dr Julius Gorner is identified as the source and Ja

As young boys both Jacques Rebiere and Thomas Midwinter become fascinated with trying to understand the human mind. As psychiatrists, their quest take

In the last months of his 29-year life, he fought a ravening opium addiction to succeed in claiming a place in history of English painting. He begged

A haunting tale of war, love and loss from the author of Birdsong and A Week in DecemberThe Sunday Times bestsellerOn a small island off the south coa

Seven wintry days to track the lives of seven characters: a hedge fund manager trying to bring off the biggest trade of his career; and a Tube driver

Birdsong is a mesmerising story of love and war spanning three generations between WW1 and present dayThe wartime classic behind the BBC drama starrin

In this unique and compelling anthology, Sebastian Faulks and Jorg Hensgen have collected the best fiction about war in the twentieth century. Rangin