Author: RUTHERFURD, EDWARD
Title: London: The Novel
Description: NY: Crown Publishers, 1997. 0517591812. 1st American Edition (stated). Second Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0517591812. Quarter bound in publisher's blue cloth 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 . This is an unmarked, once-read copy. There is an old damp-stain on the dust jacket, with very slight running onto one corner of the volume, otherwise both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in excellent condition. VERY GOOD/GOOD. Maps and Family Trees. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xvi), 829, (1) pp. Very Good in Good dust jacket .
Keywords: 0517591812 Fiction; Historical Fiction; London; England; Novels; Novels, Poetry & Literature Historical Fiction Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books
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Title: London: The Novel
Description: NY: Crown Publishers, 1997. 0517591812. 1st American Edition (stated). Second Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0517591812. Quarter bound in publisher's blue cloth 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 . This is an unmarked, once-read copy. There is an old damp-stain on the dust jacket, with very slight running onto one corner of the volume, otherwise both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in excellent condition. VERY GOOD/GOOD. Maps and Family Trees. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xvi), 829, (1) pp. Very Good in Good dust jacket .
Keywords: 0517591812 Fiction; Historical Fiction; London; England; Novels; Novels, Poetry & Literature Historical Fiction Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books
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- Book number: 26893
- Book number: 26893
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