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Loading... London: The Novelby Edward Rutherfurd
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I did enjoy the beginning of this book but found it became a little repetitive as time went on - same family, same family dynamics, just with different historical events going on outside. I wish he would have followed the history of more than one family through the entire book. I did read the whole thing and always admire Rutherford's writing style but was disappointed with one tiny aspect of the ending that I won't go into right now, but I would like to run into someone else who has finished the book so I can ask why they think the author chose to close one plot lone the way he did. (  ) MissReadsTooMuch | Feb 19, 2010 |  I read it. It's very informative. Whoopie. ( ) dekesolomon | Oct 23, 2009 | I read this before going to London and have also recommended it to many people. I love Rutherfurd, he's great. He does use the word "estuary" kind of a lot! (  ) BoomChick | Oct 13, 2009 | I’ve been a fan of Rutherfurd’s since reading his debut novel, “Sarum”. “London” remains my favorite, possibly because of my great fondness for that city but also because of the bang-up job Rutherfurd does bringing it to life. He starts at the beginning—the end of the last Ice Age—and goes full-tilt from there on. Following the fortunes of six families, the story winds through the Roman occupation to the days of Chaucer, the Globe Theatre, Dickens, and beyond. The pace is fast, characters come and go a little quickly, but overall this is a satisfying read that will sweep you away into the heart and soul of a fascinating city. (  ) SaraPoole | Aug 14, 2009 | Typical Rutherfurd historical fiction, with London as the subject. Very similar in style to much of Michener's work. (  ) santhony | Jan 25, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0449002632, Mass Market Paperback)Edward Rutherfurd belongs to the James Michener school: he writes big, sprawling history-by- the-pound. His novel, London, stretches two millennia all the way from Roman times to the present. The author places his vignettes at the most dramatic moments of that city's history, leaping from Caesar's invasion to the Norman Conquest to the Great Fire to (of course) the Blitz, with many stops in between. London is ambitious, and students of English history will eat it up. The author doesn't skimp on historical detail, and that's a signal pleasure of the book. Ultimately, though, the structure of the novel determines the lion's share of its success. Rutherfurd is a good storyteller and each vignette makes for a good story; however, he has given himself the inevitable task of beginning what amounts to a new book every 40 pages or so. Just as one begins to warm to the characters, they are hurried off the stage. You can't read London without a scorecard—but that's part of the fun.(retrieved from Amazon Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:51:50 -0500) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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