Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #277132 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 912 pages

From the Publisher
The towering story of five families through 100 centuries of turmoil, tyranny, passion and prosperity.

About the Author
Edward Rutherfurd was born in Salisbury, England, and educated at Cambridge University and Stanford University in California. His first bestselling novel, Sarum, is based on the history of Salisbury and Stonehenge. Russka, his second novel, recounted the sweeping history of Russia. London tells the two-thousand-year story of the great city, bringing all of the richness of London's past unforgettably to life. His last novel, The Forest, was set in the New Forest. A former resident of London and New York City, Edward Rutherfurd has had a home in Dublin for more than ten years. He has two children.

Customer Reviews

Can't see why.......
... so many people really rate this book. A thousand odd pages of stories tenuously linked by family bloodlines through the years. Nice idea, some interesting history but the stories are really quite bland and weak; probably because it is difficult to write about a region and its surroundings which basically is not that interesting.I gave up on this and the book has found its way to the charity shop. A very over rated book.

Excellent read
I picked up this book without having heard anything about Edward Rutherfurd, and I've gotta say, this is probably the best random buy i have ever done. The book is a fantastic combination of history and gripping narrative. I would recommend it to anyone who finds history even mildly interesting (even for people with no enthusiasm for the subject the book is so well written that it should captivate most).

Missing what other people found
Nice idea for a book - spoilt by turgid writing, uninspired characters and feeble plot lines.

Oh well - a lot of other people seem to like it.