ISBN: 9780099428343
Release Date: 24 Jan 2002
Average rating:   (read by 46 members)

Categories: Modern fiction , Second World War fiction , Romance

In 1942, Charlotte Gray goes to Occupied France on a duel mission, to run a simple errand for a British special operations group and to find her lover, an English airman who has gone missing in action. It is in the town of Lavaurette that she finds friendship and experiences life under Nazi rule. From the author of BIRDSONG.

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ikonos44
Rated it   9 days ago
Charlotte is a wonderful character to whom I did not want anything bad to happen. However, when the action moves to occupied France it loses its way somewhat.

chriscg
Rated it   1 years ago
I had no idea what to expect from this book - have only heard it talked about since reading it.It was a great story - different to the type of book I might normally read and filled with historical facts which are relevant to my job!It made me carry...

Rosalind
Rated it   5 days ago

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