The Forest - A Novel

Zusatztext “Not all good things come in small packages. If you like books that are big, Edward Rutherfurd is your man. He writes wonderful sagas, tales that cover centuries, always keeping these long stories lively by telling us about the events and conflicts of people’s lives. Rutherfurd does the painstaking research; the reader has all the fun.” — Seattle Times “Many of the most memorable characters are women–Adela the Norman, bold in the face of injustice; her descendant Alice Albion, almost brave enough to defeat the hatred of the civil war; tough old Adelaide, so loyal to ancient grievances that she can’t let her sweet niece Fanny take hold of love.” —Kansas City Star “The novel covers 10 centuries, tracking a half-dozen or so families and their fates, their fortunes, and intrigues moving the stories along. But the trees have tales to tell, too. As fiction, it works like a charm. . . . English majors will love this, and so will almost anyone else who starts page 1 and follows Puckle, Godwin Pride, Cola the Huntsman and their descendents along Rutherfurd’s twisting road.” —New York Daily News Informationen zum Autor Edward Rutherfurd was born in Salisbury, England, and educated at Cambridge University. His first novel, Sarum , was an instant international bestseller. His subsequent novels– Russka and London –were also highly acclaimed bestsellers here and abroad. Klappentext "AS ENTERTAINING AS SARUM AND RUTHERFURD'S OTHER SWEEPING NOVEL OF BRITISH HISTORY, LONDON.” -The Boston Globe "Engaging . . . 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 . . . Rutherfurd sketches the histories of six fictional families, ranging from aristocrats to peasants, who have lived in the forest for generations. . . . 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.” -The New York Post "THE FOREST IS MICHENER TOLD WITH AN ENGLISH ACCENT.” -St. Louis Post-Dispatch "TALES OF LOVE AND HONOR, DECEIT AND VIOLENCE, INHERITANCE AND LOSS.” -San Jose Mercury News Leseprobe The Rufus Stone April 2000 High over Sarum the small plane flew. Below, the graceful cathedral with its soaring spire rested on the sweeping green lawns like a huge model. Beyond the cathedral precincts, the medieval city of Salisbury lay peacefully in the sun. Earlier that morning there had been an April shower, but now the sky was clear, a pale washed blue. A perfect day, thought Dottie Pride, to fly a reconnaissance mission. Not for the first time, she was grateful for the fact she worked in television. Say what you like about her boss -- and there were those who said John Grockleton was a brute -- he was good about things like chartering planes. "He just wants to get on the right side of you," one of the cameramen had remarked. She couldn't help that. The main thing was that she was in the Cessna now, and it was a beautiful morning. From Sarum, the beautiful Avon valley continued due south through lush green meadows for over twenty miles until it reached the sheltered waters of Christchurch harbour. On its western side lay the rolling ridges of Dorset; to the east, the huge county of Hampshire with its ancient capital of Winchester and great port of Southampton. Dottie glanced at the map. There were only two small market towns on the Avon between here and the sea. Fordingbridge, eight miles south, and Ringwood, another five beyond that. A few miles below Ringwood, she noted, there was a place called Tyrrell's Ford. They had not even reached Fordingbridge before the plane banked and turned towards the south-east. They passed a low ridge, crested with oak tre...

Product details

• Authors: Edward Rutherford, Edward Rutherfurd
• Publisher: Ballantine
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2005
• EAN: 9780345479365
• ISBN: 978-0-345-47936-5
• No. of pages: 784
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 208 mm x 43 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature