Charlotte Gray

by Sebastian Faulks

Completing his trilogy focusing on France during the World Wars, Sebastian Faulks tells the story of a young Scotswoman in this popular novel (made into a feature film starring Cate Blanchett). Charlotte Gray falls in love with a British military pilot who goes MIA, and she is then enlisted by the SOE to serve undercover in Vichy France. She accepts the mission, but her heart complicates her allegiance, as she is propelled into the thick of one of Europe's most historically complex times. As he has in the other books of this series--THE GIRL AT THE LION D'OR and BIRDSONG--Faulks deftly parallels personal moral and emotional conflicts with the dark ethical questions raised during times of war.

Editions of Charlotte Gray

ISBN 9780375405983	Binding/Format Audio Cassette	Publisher Random House	Date 1999	Price $3.99	4 cassette audiobook
ISBN 9780091784423	Binding/Format Book	Publisher Hutchinson	Date 1998	Price £1.19	Very Good
ISBN 9781843452430	Binding/Format Digital	Publisher Random House Audiobooks UK	Date	Price None Available
ISBN 9780375501692	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Random House Inc	Date 1999	Price $1.00	Very Good
ISBN 9780708990780	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Ulverscroft Large Print Books	Date 1999	Price £14.82
ISBN 9780375704550	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Vintage Books	Date 2000	Price $1.00	Good
ISBN 9780754054382	Binding/Format Compact Disc	Publisher Chivers Audio Books	Date 2001	Price $75.00	Good

Media Reviews

"Faulks's last novel, BIRDSONG..., was also about a combination of love and war, but CHARLOTTE GRAY seems to have been written by two people. One is planning a two-part television movie with passionate love scenes, filmed partly in picturesque rural France. The other has something serious to say about the human condition: about changing perceptions of morality, existential solitude, the dehumanizing effects of war, the nature of romantic love. But these reflections don't always match the characters with whom they've been paired."

First Line

Peter Gregory kicked the door of the dispersal hut closed behind him with the heel of his boot. He sensed the iciness of the air outside but was too well wrapped to feel it on his skin. He looked up and saw a big moon hanging still, while ragged clouds flew past and broke up like smoke in the darkness.

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