London [J0201]

1997 - HCDJ Nice clean condition. 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.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Mr Rutherfurd is undoubtedly a master craftsman when it comes to words. He truly knows how to blend accurate history with interesting, gripping fictional characters, who come out of the pages for their season and the pass the batons on to their descendants. He draws family lines in such a carefully casual way that one can recognise the respective families often before their names are even mentioned. This is a very human book with plausible characters and highly believable actions and ways of life."; "I love the way he follows a few families through the centuries in the city he's writing about. The characters live through the historical events of the city. In this book, I loved the explanations of how the Roman Catholic church was able to convert Anglo Saxons to christianity. Rutherford describes the plague, the building of the Tower, St. Paul's Cathedral and London Bridge and the great fire of 1666."; "An interesting way to write about a cities long and illustrious history - through fictional stories of several families somewhat entertained through the ages."