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Sebastian Faulks

Born

in Donnington, Berkshire, England, The United Kingdom

April 20, 1953

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http://www.sebastianfaulks.com/

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Sebastian Faulks is a British novelist, journalist, and broadcaster best known for his acclaimed historical novels set in France, including The Girl at the Lion d'Or, Birdsong, and Charlotte Gray. Alongside these, he has written contemporary fiction, a James Bond continuation novel (Devil May Care), and a Jeeves homage (Jeeves and the Wedding Bells). A former literary editor and journalist, Faulks gained widespread recognition with Birdsong, which solidified his literary reputation. He has also appeared regularly on British media, notably as a team captain on BBC Radio 4's The Write Stuff, and authored the TV tie-in Faulks on Fiction. Honored as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and appointed CBE for his services to literature, Fa ...more

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Where to start reading Sebastian Faulks…

With over 20 books published over four decades, choosing where to begin reading Sebastian Faulks can be daunting. This guide offers suggested starting points based on different interests and reading preferences.

The book to read first

The Girl at the Lion d’Or (1989)
Set in a small French town during the 1930s, the novel tells the story of Anne, a young waitress haunted by family scandal, and Hartman

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Sebastian Faulks’s books

Average rating: 3.84 · 184,379 ratings · 13,661 reviews · 83 distinct works • Similar authors

	Birdsong 4.11 avg rating — 83,506 ratings — published 1993 — 118 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charlotte Gray 3.83 avg rating — 12,789 ratings — published 1998	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Engleby 3.75 avg rating — 10,888 ratings — published 2007 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Week in December 3.27 avg rating — 10,273 ratings — published 2009 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where My Heart Used to Beat 3.67 avg rating — 8,215 ratings — published 2015 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl at the Lion d'Or 3.59 avg rating — 7,810 ratings — published 1989 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks, Rodrigo Corral (Designer), Mark Stutzman (Illustrator) 3.46 avg rating — 7,598 ratings — published 2008 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paris Echo 3.49 avg rating — 6,477 ratings — published 2018 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Seventh Son 3.49 avg rating — 6,398 ratings — published 2023 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Human Traces 3.69 avg rating — 5,849 ratings — published 2005 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Sebastian Faulks

French Trilogy (3 books)
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Pistache (2 books)
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Quotes by Sebastian Faulks (?)

“I know. I was there. I saw the great void in your soul, and you saw mine.”
― Sebastian Faulks, Birdsong

tags: reflection, war, wwi

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“Depression - that limp word for the storm of black panic and half-demented malfunction - had over the years worked itself out in Charlotte's life in a curious pattern. Its onset was often imperceptible: like an assiduous housekeeper locking up a rambling mansion, it noiselessly went about and turned off, one by one, the mind's thousand small accesses to pleasure.”
― Sebastian Faulks

tags: darkness, panic

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“The function of music is to liberate in the soul those feelings which normally we keep locked up in the heart.”
― Sebastian Faulks, Birdsong

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Vote for a work of non-fiction for us to read and discuss in May 2014

Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II by Jennet Conant

6 votes, 42.9%

Gandhi, An Autobiography - The Story of My Experiments With Truth by Mahatma Gandhi

5 votes, 35.7%

Diana Mosley by Anne de Courcy

1 vote, 7.1%

Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy by Diana Preston

1 vote, 7.1%

The Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives by Sebastian Faulks

1 vote, 7.1%

The Long Shadow: The Great War and the Twentieth Century by David Reynolds

0 votes, 0.0%

The Mad Sculptor by Harold Schechter

0 votes, 0.0%

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