London - Hardcover

Rutherfurd, Edward

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0517591812 ISBN 13: 9780517591819

Publisher: Crown Pub, 1997

Synopsis

London follows six different families from the Roman settlement to the dockland development of today. Real-life characters and events of British history are found in London as well, but it is the period details and the stories of ordinary Londoners, whose daily lives are affected by events that have shaped the city over two thousand years, that bring the novel to life.

In London Rutherfurd provides more than just the familiar sights and revelations, he gives a voice to a city whose history is one of the most remarkable in the world.

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About the Author

Edward Rutherfurd was born in Salisbury, England, and was educated in Wiltshire and at Cambridge. He has since lived on both sides of the Atlantic, in Dublin and New York, but he returned to his roots to write his first novel, the best-selling <b>Sarum</b>, a history of Salisbury.  This was followed by the best-selling <b>Russka</b>, a sweeping history of Russia from the cossack horsemen to the Bolshevik revolution.<br><br>Until the 1980s, Edward Rutherfurd pursued a business career -- he attended Stanford Business School, worked  for W.H. Smith, and was employed by  Tory Party Central Office. As a child, he had been fascinated by the novels of C.S. Forester, Henty, and the historical romances of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. His grandmother, Evelyn Winch, was a well-known romantic nove

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</b> follows six different families from the Roman settlement to the dockland development of today. Real-life characters and events of British history are found in <b>London</b> as well, but it is the period details and the stories of ordinary Londoners, whose daily lives are affected by events that have shaped the city over two thousand years, that bring the novel to life.<br><br>In <b>London</b> Rutherfurd provides more than just the familiar sights and revelations, he gives a voice to a city whose history is one of the most remarkable in the world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Crown Pub
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0517591812
• ISBN 13: 9780517591819
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 829