Charlotte Gray

From bestselling author Sebastian Faulks comes Charlotte Gray, the remarkable story of a young Scottish woman who becomes caught up in the effort to liberate Occupied France from the Nazis while pursuing a perilous mission of her own.

In blacked-out, wartime London, Charlotte Gray develops a dangerous passion for a battle-weary RAF pilot, and when he fails to return from a daring flight into France she is determined to find him. In the service of the Resistance, she travels to the village of Lavaurette, dying her hair and changing her name to conceal her identity. Here she will come face-to-face with the harrowing truth of what took place during Europe's darkest years, and will confront a terrifying secret that threatens to cast its shadow over the remainder of her days. Vividly rendered, tremendously moving, and with a narrative sweep and power reminiscent of his novel Birdsong, Charlotte Gray confirms Sebastian Faulks as one of the finest novelists working today.

From bestselling author Sebastian Faulks comes Charlotte Gray, the remarkable story of a young Highland native who, at the height of World War II, joins the effort to liberate Occupied France and struggles to find the disappeared RAF pilot she adores.

Leaving behind blacked-out London, Charlotte is assigned to the village of Lavaurette. As a member of the Resistance, with her hair dyed and her name changed, she discovers the dark consequences of politics without beliefs and, through her friendship with an elderly painter and his son, a terrifying memory that threatens to cast its shadow over the remainder of her days. Here is a tale of love awakened and thwarted by wartime, and of a hope that survives the double blows of experience and reason. Vividly rendered, tremendously moving, Charlotte Gray confirms Sebastian Faulks as one of the finest historical novelists working today.