A big, generously involving story, utterly convincing in its texture and detail. Beautiful and sad

Compelling, passionate, tragic

Powerful and affecting, crowded with the details of lives led and miseries inflicted

There are characters whose fate we care about, and a profoundly moving love story threaded between the tenacity of family and the monstrous grind of war. One that cries for you to linger over page by enthralling page

Gripping, moving

Stunning, gracefully written, altogether remarkable

A sweeping epic, a good old-fashioned page-turner

Lawrence is elegant yet passionate and his imagery is second to none