In France 1917, Stephen runs into Jeanne while on leave in Amiens, and she agrees to take him to see Isabelle whose face was disfigured by a shell during a bombardment. When she finds Stephen's journals in her mother's attic, she tries to decipher them since they are written in code. In Albert, she is struck by the magnitude of the war memorial. In England 1978, Elizabeth, Stephen's granddaughter, becomes interested in learning about her grandfather's life and the war. Most of Stephen's platoon is killed during the attack. When the platoon is ordered to attack at Hawthorne Ridge, many of them write to their nearest relatives since the attack seems doomed to fail, and Stephen writes to Isabelle because he has no one else to write. A miner in the tunnels on the Front, Jack Firebrace, learns his son has died from a fever and mourns for his dead son. Stephen refuses all offers of leave, even after he is wounded and nearly dies. He feels disdain for his men and even for his best friend, Captain Michael Weir.
In France 1916, Stephen is a lieutenant in France during World War I. When Isabelle realizes she is pregnant, she fears for her child's future and leaves Stephen to return to her family's home, but she never tells Stephen about the child she carries. Isabelle runs away with Stephen, and they live happily in a small house in St.-Remy-de-Provence. Azaire's wife, leads to them having an affair. In France 1910, Stephen is sent to the Azaires in Amiens to learn about the textile factory, but his attraction to Isabelle, Mr. Birdsong is an interesting and entertaining novel about how war affects those who serve in battle and how the history of war is important for those in the future seeking to understand the past. Sixty years later, Elizabeth becomes interested in learning about her grandparents and studies the war to gain a better understanding of her grandfather, Stephen. Stephen fights the Germans during the war and is deeply affected by the violence he witnesses.
Before the war, Stephen has an affair with a married woman which produces a child of which he is unaware. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks is a novel about World War I and its effects on the novel's protagonist, Stephen Wraysford, as well as his granddaughter, Elizabeth Benson.
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