BookBrowse Reviews Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernieres

Name: Birds Without Wings
Rating: 4.9 (8 reviews)
Author: Louis de Bernieres
ISBN: 9781400043415

Birds Without Wings

by Louis de Bernieres

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First Published:
Aug 24, 2004, 576 pages

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Jun 2005, 576 pages

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- Historical Fiction
- Asia
- Middle-East (West Asia)
- Early 20th Century
- Generational Sagas
- War Related
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Dazzling. . .a fabulous book in the tradition of Tolstoy and Dickens. Historical Fiction

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This review first ran in the July 20, 2005 issue of BookBrowse Recommends.

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