War Stories

Sebastian Faulks has written nineteen books, of which A Week in December and The Fatal Englishman were number one in the Sunday Times bestseller lists. He is best known for Birdsong, part of his French trilogy, and Human Traces, the first in an ongoing Austrian trilogy. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as a journalist on national papers. He has also written screenplays and has appeared in small roles on stage. He lives in London.

"The range is international, the impeccable standards of writing never dip. This is some of the finest writing about war" Independent on Sunday "An anthology that tries, in a century that has made an art form of killing, to make sense of it all" Guardian "A substantial and compelling read" Metro