- Charlotte Gray (novel)
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Charlotte Gray 
First edition coverAuthor(s) Sebastian Faulks Country United Kingdom Language English Genre(s) War novel Publisher Random House Trade Publication date February 1999 Media type Print (Hardback) Pages 399 pp (first edition, hardback) ISBN ISBN 0-375-50169-X (first edition, hardback) OCLC Number 39391219 Charlotte Gray is a 1999 book by Sebastian Faulks and completes his loose trilogy of books about France with an account of the adventures of a young Scotswoman who becomes involved with the French resistance during the Second World War. It is set in Vichy France during World War II. The story is thought to be based on the exploits of Nancy Wake, codenamed the white mouse, a member of the resistance in war time France and Pearl Cornioley, a British secret service agent.
Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
A film based on the book was produced in 2001. It stars Cate Blanchett and is directed by Gillian Armstrong.
Notice
The author received the Bad Sex in Fiction Award 1998 for this book.
References
- Charlotte Gray, Random House (1999) ISBN 0-375-50169-X.
- Images of Drancy, France @ http://fcit.usf.edu/HOLOCAUST/resource/gallery/DRAN.htm
Works by Sebastian Faulks Novels A Trick of the Light (1984) · The Girl at the Lion d'Or (1989) · A Fool's Alphabet (1992) · Birdsong (1993) · Charlotte Gray (1998) · On Green Dolphin Street (2001) · Human Traces (2005) · Engleby (2007) · Devil May Care (2008) · A Week in December (2009)
Non-fiction The Fatal Englishman (1996) · Pistache (2006) · Faulks on Fiction: The Secret Life of the Novel (2011)
Categories:- 1999 novels
- British novels
- World War II novels
- Novels by Sebastian Faulks
- British novels adapted into films
- War novel stubs
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