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Lengthy stories in which local families' successive generations keep reappearing: in 1294, a love-struck monk fathers a young

Romantic tale of Saxon-Norman enmity that climaxes with the assassination of King William “Rufus,” then incorporates several Rutherfurd's episodic history of the Forest begins in 1099 with a

Of study and recreation” throughout the centuries thereafter. “New Forest” area, originally founded as a game preserve by William the Conqueror, and prized as “a source of inspiration, Which essentially resembles it predecessors: Sarum (1987), Russka (1991), and London (1997).The subject is England's southern "TALES OF LOVE AND HONOR, DECEIT AND VIOLENCE, INHERITANCE AND LOSS.England's James Michener will undoubtedly have another huge commercial success with this history-drenched blockbuster, " THE FOREST IS MICHENER TOLD WITH AN ENGLISH ACCENT." "AS ENTERTAINING AS SARUM AND RUTHERFURD'S OTHER SWEEPING NOVEL OF BRITISH HISTORY, LONDON." "TALES OF LOVE AND HONOR, DECEIT AND VIOLENCE, INHERITANCE AND LOSS." ""THE FOREST IS MICHENER TOLD WITH AN ENGLISH ACCENT." But the real success is in how Rutherfurd paints his picture of the wooded enclave with images of treachery and violence, as well as magic and beauty." Rutherfurd sketches the histories of six fictional families, ranging from aristocrats to peasants, who have lived in the forest for generations. A sprawling tome that combines fact with fiction and covers 900 years in the history of New Forest, a 100,000-acre woodland in southern England. Contributor(s): Rutherfurd, Edward (Author)īinding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & EditionsĪnnotation: "AS ENTERTAINING AS "SARUM AND RUTHERFURD'S OTHER SWEEPING NOVEL OF BRITISH HISTORY, "LONDON."