London - Edward Rutherfurd [0]
London has perhaps the most remarkable history of any city in the world. Now its story has a unique voice. In this epic novel Edward Rutherfurd takes the reader on a magnificent journey across sixteen centuries from the days of the Romans to the Victorian engineers of Tower Bridge and the era of Dockland development today. Through the lives and adventures of his colourful cast of characters he brings all the richness of London’s past unforgettably to life.
‘London could hook you on history for life ... 800 pages of hold-your-breath suspense, buccaneering adventure, and passionate tales of love and war set in London from the birth of time to the present day’ The Times
‘Edward Rutherfurd’s grand new novel weaves together the great events of English history ... he pulls off some remarkable effects’ New York Times
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Copyright © Edward Rutherfurd 1997
Edward Rutherfurd has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988 to be identified as the author of this work.
This novel is a work of fiction. Names and characters are the product of the author’s imagination and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental
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First published in the United Kingdom in 1997 by Century
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Contents
Cover
About the Book
Title
Copyright
Dedication
About the Author
Also by Edward Rutherfurd
Maps
Preface
The River
Londinium
The Rood
The Conqueror
The Tower
The Saint
The Mayor
The Whorehouse
London Bridge
Hampton Court
The Globe
God’s Fire
London’s Fire
St Paul’s
Gin Lane
Lavender Hill
The Crystal Palace
The Cutty Sark
The Suffragette
The Blitz
The River
Acknowledgments
This book is dedicated to the curators and staff of the
Museum of London, where history comes alive.
LONDON
Edward Rutherfurd was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and educated at Cambridge University and Stanford University in California. His first book, Sarum was based on the history of Salisbury. London, Russka, The Forest, Dublin, Ireland Awakening and New York all draw on finely researched details of social history. Edward Rutherfurd has spent much of the last thirty years living in New York and Conneticut. He has an American wife and two American educated children and has served on a New York co-op board.
Also available by Edward Rutherfurd
Sarum
Russka
The Forest
Dublin
Ireland Awakening
New York
PREFACE
London is, first and foremost, a novel. All the families whose fortunes the story follows, from the Duckets to the family of Penny,