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Title: Birds Without Wings

Author: Louis de Bernieres

Narrator: Hugh Bonneville

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-18-04

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 20 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

But with the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and the onset of the Great War, the sweep of history has a cataclysmic effect on this peaceful place: The great love of Philothei, a Christian girl of legendary beauty, and Ibrahim, a Muslim shepherd who courts her from near infancy, culminates in tragedy and madness; Two inseparable childhood friends who grow up playing in the hills above the town suddenly find themselves on opposite sides of the bloody struggle; and Rustem Bey, a wealthy landlord, has an enchanting mistress who is not what she seems.

Far away from these small lives, a man of destiny who will come to be known as Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is emerging to create a country from the ruins of an empire. Victory at Gallipoli fails to save the Ottomans from ultimate defeat and, as a new conflict arises, Muslims and Christians struggle to survive, let alone understand, their part in the great tragedy that will reshape the whole region forever.

Members Reviews:

Well Done Production

Good story line with an even better narrator! This is a must read audio book.