The forest
Rutherfurd, Edward2001
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Few places in England are more mysterious yet more friendly than the huge forest that lies by England's southern coast. It provides hunting for England's Saxon and Norman kings, and its ancient oaks are used to build Nelson's navy. A remarkable and ambitious novel whose central character is not a man or a woman, but the ancient New Forest of England.Few places lie closer to the heart of the nation's heritage than the New Forest. Now Edward Rutherfurd weaves its history and legends into compelling fiction, from the mysterious killing of King William Rufus to treachery and witchcraft, smuggling and poaching: this is an epic tale of well-born ladies, lowly woodsmen, sailors, merchants and Cistercian monks. The feuds, wars, loyalties and passions of generations reach their climax in a crime that shatters the decorous society of Jane Austen's Bath, and whose ramifications continue through the age of the Victorian railway builders to the ecologists of the present day.
Main title:
The forest / Edward Rutherfurd.
Author:
Rutherfurd, Edward, author
Imprint:
London : Arrow, 2001.
Collation:
882 pages : genealogical table, maps ; 18 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Century, 2000.
ISBN:
9780099279075 (pbk)
Language:
English
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BRN:
1347541
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