{"product_id":"charlotte-gray-9780375704550","title":"Charlotte Gray","description":"\u003cb\u003eNew York Times bestseller by award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBirdsong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharlotte Gray tells 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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, dyeing 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 \u003cb\u003eBirdsong\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eCharlotte Gray\u003c\/b\u003e confirms Sebastian Faulks as one of the finest novelists working today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSebastian Faulks worked as a journalist for fourteen years before taking up writing full-time in 1991. He was voted Author of the Year by the British Book Awards for Birdsong, which was also a New York Times bestseller. He is best known for his trilogy of novels set in France: \u003cb\u003eThe Girl at the Lion d'Or, Birdsong\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eCharlotte Gray. \u003c\/b\u003eHe is also the author of \u003cb\u003eHuman Traces, On Green Dolphin Street, the Fatal Englishman, Engleby, \u003c\/b\u003eand the James Bond novel \u003cb\u003eDevil May Care\u003c\/b\u003e. He lives in London with his wife and three children.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50917612880146,"sku":"9780375704550","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3b133a96-f927-465c-a16a-026a0267f713.jpg?v=1738868549","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/charlotte-gray-9780375704550","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}