New Releases by Edward Rutherfurd

La Forêt des rois... L''évocation de cette réserve de chasse boisée de quarante mille hectares au sud de l''Angleterre réveille en chaque sujet de Sa Majesté des siècles d''histoire. Les monarques anglais y ont puisé la source de leur puissance, et les poètes, leur inspiration. Des révoltes s''y sont ourdies. Des révolutions y ont été domptées. Ses arbres millénaires ont abrité les sorcières et enrichi les contrebandiers. Mais la forêt mythique raconte aussi les alliances, les jalousies et les trahisons de héros " ordinaires " tels les Furzey et les Pride, les Albion et les Penruddock. Ces familles saxonnes et normandes, protestantes ou catholiques, ont tissé au rythme des saisons la mémoire des parentés et des soubresauts d''une forêt éternelle et mythique.

An epic, multigenerational novel of England focuses on a family living on the southern coast and spans the period from the Norman conquest to the nineteenth century. By the author of Russka and London. Reprint.

“A TOUR DE FORCE . . . London tracks the history of the English capital from the days of the Celts until the present time. . . . Breathtaking.”—The Orlando Sentinel A master of epic historical fiction, Edward Rutherford gives us a sweeping novel of London, a glorious pageant spanning two thousand years. He brings this vibrant city''s long and noble history alive through his saga of ever-shifting fortunes, fates, and intrigues of a half-dozen families, from the age of Julius Caesar to the twentieth century. Generation after generation, these families embody the passion, struggle, wealth, and verve of the greatest city in the Old World. Praise for London “Remarkable . . . The invasion by Julius Caesar’s legions in 54 B.C. . . . The rise of chivalry and the Crusades . . . The building of the Globe theatre . . . and the coming of the Industrial Revolution. . . . What a delightful way to get the feel of London and of English history. . . . We witness first-hand the lust of Henry VIII. We overhear Geoffrey Chaucer deciding to write The Canterbury Tales. . . . Each episode is a punchy tale made up of bite-size chunks ending in tiny cliffhangers.”—The New York Times “Hold-your-breath suspense, buccaneering adventure, and passionate tales of love and war.”—The Times (London) “Fascinating . . . A sprawling epic.”—San Francisco Chronicle