Sebastian Faulks

Sebastian Faulks was born and brought up in Newbury, Berkshire. He worked in journalism before starting to write books. He is best known for the French trilogy, The Girl at the Lion d'Or, Birdsong and Charlotte Gray (1989-1997) and is also the author of a triple biography, The Fatal Englishman (1996); a small book of literary parodies, Pistache (2006); and the novel Human Traces (2005). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1993 and appointed CBE for services to literature in 2002. He lives in London with his wife and their three children.

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Faulks on Fiction Sebastian Faulks One of our Great Reads you may have missed in 2011. After reading this collection of essays I enjoyed seeing the BBC2 series with Sebastian Faulks describing some of the most memorable heroes and villains from the English Novel. Characters that... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011 Lovereading Price: £6.74 - Saving £2.25 (25%)

A Week in December Sebastian Faulks Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 14 October 2010. This is Sebastian Faulks' first novel set in present day Britain. Here he explores our lives from the polar extremes of a rich but morally bankrupt hedge fund manager... Format: Paperback - Released: 04/08/2011 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Faulks on Fiction Sebastian Faulks February 2011 Non-Fiction Book of the Month. After reading this collection of essays I enjoyed seeing the BBC2 series with Sebastian Faulks describing some of the most memorable heroes and villains from the... Format: Hardback - Released: 27/01/2011 Lovereading Price: £15.00 - Saving £5.00 (25%)

Faulks on Fiction : Audiobook Edition Sebastian Faulks James Wilby reads Sebastian Faulks' fascinating literary and social history of the British novel. After reading this collection of essays I look forward to seeing the BBC2 series with Sebastian Faulks describing some of the most memorable heroes and villains from... Format: Audiobook On Cd - Released: 27/01/2011 Lovereading Price: £15.30 - Saving £5.10 (25%)

Birdsong Sebastian Faulks Editor's Comments: Since its publication in 1993 Birdsong has established itself as one of the most important novels of recent years. A novel that brings alive the horrors of war and the redemptive power of love there are few books that... Format: Paperback - Released: 06/01/2011 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

A Week in December Sebastian Faulks Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 14 October 2010. This is Sebastian Faulks' first novel set in present day Britain. Here he explores our lives from the polar extremes of a rich but morally bankrupt hedge fund manager... Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

A Week in December Sebastian Faulks This is Sebastian Faulks' first novel set in present day Britain. Here he explores our lives from the polar extremes of a rich but morally bankrupt hedge fund manager to fundamentalist Islamic students - and most of us in between.... Format: Hardback - Released: 03/09/2009 Lovereading Price: £14.24 - Saving £4.75 (25%)

Engleby Sebastian Faulks This is a brilliant book: disturbing, amusing, thought-provoking, playful, real, unreal. All the usual Faulks intelligence and enjoyment of language is here. Yet Engleby is different from his other books. This time, you get the feeling Faulks has let you into... Format: Paperback - Released: 27/03/2008 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Engleby: Unabridged Audiobook Sebastian Faulks This is an unabridged audiobook title. This is a brilliant book: disturbing, amusing, thought-provoking, playful, real, unreal. All the usual Faulks intelligence and enjoyment of language is here. Yet Engleby is different from his other books. This time, you... Format: CD-Audio - Released: 01/12/2007 Lovereading Price: £19.14 - Saving £6.38 (25%)

Engleby Sebastian Faulks This is a brilliant book: disturbing, amusing, thought-provoking, playful, real, unreal. All the usual Faulks intelligence and enjoyment of language is here. Yet Engleby is different from his other books. This time, you get the feeling Faulks has let you into... Format: Hardback - Released: 03/05/2007 Lovereading Price: £13.49 - Saving £4.50 (25%)

Human Traces Sebastian Faulks Jacques Rebiere and Thomas Midwinter, both sixteen when this story starts in 1876, come from different countries and contrasting families. They are united by an ambition to understand how the mind works and whether madness is the price we pay... Format: Paperback - Released: 06/07/2006 Lovereading Price: £6.74 - Saving £2.25 (25%)

Human Traces Sebastian Faulks Bright young men bond in their teens and vow to become doctors to cure the brother of one. His infliction: schizophrenia, cruelly treated at that time. Both qualify and follow opposing sides of the developing science, one rational, one Freudian.... Format: Hardback - Released: 29/08/2005 Lovereading Price: £13.49 - Saving £4.50 (25%)

On Green Dolphin Street Sebastian Faulks America, 1959. With two young children she adores, loving parents back in London, and an admired husband, Charlie, working at the British embassy in Washington, the world seems an effervescent place of parties, jazz and family happiness to Mary van... Format: Paperback - Released: 27/05/2002 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Charlotte Gray Sebastian Faulks One of Louise Wener's favourite books. When asked on Desert Island Discs how and why he “writes women so extraordinarily well”, Faulks replied: “we are now allowed to admit I think - those wars having been fought and won -... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/1999 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

The Girl at the Lion d'Or Sebastian Faulks A beautifully controlled and powerful story of love and conscience, will and desire which begins when a mysterious young girl arrives to take up the post at the seedy Hotel du Lion d'Or in a small French town in the... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/1998 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

A Fool's Alphabet Sebastian Faulks The events of Pietro Russell's life are told in 26 chapters. From A-Z, each chapter is set in a different place and reveals a fragment of his story. As his memories flicker back and forth through time in his search... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/1998 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)