Books: Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernieres. Secker & Warburg, Pounds 17,99.

Birmingham Post › September 04, 2004

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In the ten years since Captain Corelli's Mandolin made his name and fortune, Louis de Bernieres has hardly published.

Now we know what he's been up to. Birds Without Wings is a double- length historical epic that sets the timeless life of a small town on the Aegean against the birth of modern Turkey. While the mixture may remind you of his earlier work, the ambition is significantly grander.

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Books: Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernieres. Secker & Warburg, Pounds 17,99.

For one thing, the town of Eskibahce in the early 20th century is not just ...

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