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Title: The Forest by Edward Rutherfurd ISBN: 0345441788 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 03 July, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.09
Rating: 5
Summary: The Forest - Edward Rutherfurd
Comment: A novel that spans a period of 1000 years in a small region of England? The premise sounded original and I was willing to rely on my love of history carrying me through. And you know what? I got more that I expected out of this book.
Having not read any other titles by Rutherfurd, I had no previous experience of his style and though curiosity led me at first, I was soon hooked.
Following the fortunes of six families through the years, most notably the Albions, Rutherfurd not only relates a series of great stories, he also tells the history and politics of England's New Forest, and the life of its deer and famous oaks.
The characterisation is strong, both heros and heroines are well drawn, from the Norman noblewoman Adela de la Roche to the mysterious Puckle and his many equally mysterious descendents.
All in all, a pretty damn good book. The chapter 'Albion Park' left me with a craving for Jane Austen again and as a whole leaving me with a strong inclination to read some more of Edward Rutherfurd's work some time soon.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fantastic read!
Comment: I was a little wary the first time I picked up this book. I was hooked just a few pages in, and finished the entire novel in less than a week, thirsting for more. Rutherford does a great job of making you care and love (or loathe) his characters. A must for anyone who enjoys reading.
Rating: 5
Summary: Rutherfurd's best so far.
Comment: "The New Forest," set aside as a royal game preserve (or to be more accurate, as a royal deer farm) by William the Conqueror, comes to life through six of the families inhabiting it in Edward Rutherfurd's fourth novel. Opening and closing with a framing story set in 2000, the book's seven intervening chapters span the years from 1099 until then. Each chapter is a self-contained tale that covers a generation or two, telling the lives of the principal families - and the changes that time, technology, and politics bring to their beloved Forest.
I'm fascinated, after finishing this book, to go back to its preface and discover that the Austen-like feel of "Albion Park" may be partly due to the author's use of a real-life incident to craft its turning point. That incident, it seems, happened to Jane Austen's aunt! Both "Albion Park" and the chapter following it, "Pride of the Forest," show Rutherfurd's characters acting within the tight cultural boundaries of their time and place - and yet, like Austen's people, they manage to transcend those boundaries. To show themselves fully, and timelessly - *human.* Even the women!
After reading all four of Rutherfurd's novels, I don't hesitate to call this one his best. My one criticism is that I found the end of its framing story something of an anticlimax. However, that's nowhere near sufficient to keep me from giving it the top rating it otherwise richly deserves.
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Title: Russka: The Novel of Russia by Edward Rutherfurd ISBN: 0804109729 Publisher: Ivy Books Pub. Date: December, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Stonehenge by Bernard Cornwell ISBN: 0061091944 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett ISBN: 0451166892 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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