Edward Rutherfurd
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Language
English
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The intertwining fates of characters rich and poor, black and white, native born and immigrant, brings to life the momentous events that shaped New York City and America: the Revolutionary War, the emergence of the city as a great trading and financial center, the excesses of the Gilded Age, the explosion of immigration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the trials of World War II, the near-demise of New York in the 1970s and its...
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Language
English
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"From Edward Rutherfurd, the grand master of the historical novel, comes a dazzling epic about the magnificent city of Paris. Moving back and forth in time, the story unfolds through intimate and thrilling tales of self-discovery, divided loyalty, and long-kept secrets. As various characters come of age, seek their fortunes, and fall in and out of love, the novel follows nobles who claim descent from the hero of the celebrated poem The Song of Roland;...
3) London
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
c1997
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
829 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of the City of London, tracing its role in history and describing succeeding generations of families associated with its fortunes. Interwoven are the everyday lives of ordinary people, from London as a Celtic settlement, 2,000 years ago, to its finest hour during the Blitz in World War II.
Author
Series
Dublin saga volume 1
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xviii, 776 p. : maps, geneal. table ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rutherfurd has introduced millions of readers to the human dramas that are the lifeblood of history. His latest is a sweeping panorama steeped in the tragedy and glory that is Ireland, epitomizing the power and richness of Rutherfurd's storytelling magic.
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
598 p. : geneal. table, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A saga of nine centuries in the life of the New Forest, a region in southern England that has played a significant role in the history of the country, beginning with the death of King William II.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
A first novel, Rutherfurd's sweeping saga of the area surrounding Stonehenge and Salisbury, England, covers 10,000 years and includes many generations of five families. Each family has one or more characteristic types who appear in successive centuries: the round-headed balding man who is good with his hands; the blue-eyed blonde woman who insists on having her independence; the dark, narrow-faced fisher of river waters and secrets. Their fortunes...
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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“A TOUR DE FORCE . . . London tracks the history of the English capital from the days of the Celts until the present time. . . . Breathtaking.”—The Orlando Sentinel
A master of epic historical fiction, Edward Rutherford gives us a sweeping novel of London, a glorious pageant spanning two thousand years. He brings this vibrant city's long and noble history alive through his saga of ever-shifting fortunes, fates, and...
A master of epic historical fiction, Edward Rutherford gives us a sweeping novel of London, a glorious pageant spanning two thousand years. He brings this vibrant city's long and noble history alive through his saga of ever-shifting fortunes, fates, and...