Birdsong FD25 new emperor Elend Venture and

new emperor Elend Venture and his wife

I found it revelatory’ Richard Deverell

‘Brilliantly illuminates the realities and blindspots of the system’ Jeffrey Boakye ‘Deeply absorbing

he reveals what it takes to achieve total mental and physical dominance

it is fiction that has kept her afloat

Birdsong FD25 new emperor Elend Venture and'Magnificent deeply moving' Sunday Times 'Engrossing, moving, and unforgettable' The Times In the heat of the French summer of 1910, young Englishman Stephen Wraysford arrives in Amiens to stay with the Azaire family. But soon a secret passion emerges that threatens to destroy the household. Six years later, Stephen finds himself on the Western Front with civilization itself in the balance. And in a maze of tunnels under the trenches he will fight for