Once or twice the social, political and economic factors overshadow the fictional families, but that is almost inevitable when even the best fiction comes up against such an impressive spectrum of historical fact.'. 'With confidence and skill, Rutherfurd has separated those layers and produced a remarkable story of a great city. Īlso the Virginia Pilot said of the novel: Rutherfurd is adept at showing how all classes throughout history, from slaves to kings, have contributed to London's development'. Through the human stories of British, American and Chinese families, the novel tells the sweeping and dramatic tale of how the West met the exotic Empire of China and humiliated. This seventy-year family saga starts in the nineteenth century, during the reign of Britain’s Queen Victoria. all manner of people with all kinds of backgrounds. The PAPERBACK of my latest novel CHINA is now available. Reception 'ide range of characters that the readers will either love or hate. Historical figures, such as Julius Caesar, Geoffrey Chaucer, Henry VIII, William Shakespeare, and Pocahontas, make appearances alongside fictional characters and historical kings and queens of England. Segovax becomes the ancestor of the Ducket and Dogget families, prominent fictional families woven into the novel. The novel begins with the birth of the River Thames and moves to 54 B.C., detailing the life of Segovax, a curious character with slightly webbed hands and a flash of white hair. London is a historical novel by Edward Rutherfurd published in 1997, which charts the history of London from 54 B.C. Penn state navy alma mater, Museum of play rochester ny address, Edward rutherfurd russia. 978-0-7126-5419-7 (first edition, hardback) Interchange arcade intro unit 2, Eddie murphy wife in africa.

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