Author: RUTHERFURD, EDWARD
Title: London: The Novel
Description: NY: Crown Publishers, 1997. 0517591812. 1st Edition. Later Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0517591812. Quarter bound in publisher's tan paper over cream boards, gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with numerous maps and family trees. A story that follows the River Thames as it flows through the heart of London, from the days of the Romans, through 16 centuries to the Victorian engineers who gave the city so many of its famous bridges, to the Dockland development of today. London is Edward Rutherfurd's third enormous volume of historical fiction. As with his previous works, London traces the history of a single location throughout its history by examining the interlinked lives of several families in Mitcheneresque manner. Although linked, each chapter of London can be read as a novella on its own. "Few literary novels tell us as much about the history of modern humans, or have such charity. - Daily Telegraph. "Edward Rutherfurd's grand new novel weaves together the great events of English history." - New York Times. "London, The Novel could hook you on history for life." - The Times . VERY GOOD+/VERY GOOD.. Maps and Family Trees. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xvi), 829, (1) pp. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: 0517591812 Fiction; Historical Fiction London English History History Novels, Poetry & Literature Historical Fiction
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Title: London: The Novel
Description: NY: Crown Publishers, 1997. 0517591812. 1st Edition. Later Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0517591812. Quarter bound in publisher's tan paper over cream boards, gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with numerous maps and family trees. A story that follows the River Thames as it flows through the heart of London, from the days of the Romans, through 16 centuries to the Victorian engineers who gave the city so many of its famous bridges, to the Dockland development of today. London is Edward Rutherfurd's third enormous volume of historical fiction. As with his previous works, London traces the history of a single location throughout its history by examining the interlinked lives of several families in Mitcheneresque manner. Although linked, each chapter of London can be read as a novella on its own. "Few literary novels tell us as much about the history of modern humans, or have such charity. - Daily Telegraph. "Edward Rutherfurd's grand new novel weaves together the great events of English history." - New York Times. "London, The Novel could hook you on history for life." - The Times . VERY GOOD+/VERY GOOD.. Maps and Family Trees. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xvi), 829, (1) pp. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: 0517591812 Fiction; Historical Fiction London English History History Novels, Poetry & Literature Historical Fiction
Price: US$ 25.00 Seller: Round Table Books, LLC
- Book number: 18797
- Book number: 18797
See more books from our catalog: Historical Fiction