Rutherfurd homenajea a la ciudad más grande de Estados Unidos en una saga rica, fascinante, que muestra su extraordinaria habilidad para combinar la investigación histórica impecable y su estilo narrativo. Describe trastornos culturales, sociales y políti
París, ciudad del amor, de la elegancia, de los sueños. Ciudad de la revolución. Rutherfurd novela la historia de París desde su fundación hasta los días de la revuelta estudiantil de 1968. Edward Rutherfurd ha encandilado a millones de lectores con sus historias arrebatadoras sobre generaciones distintas de habitantes de ciudades míticas. En esta ocasión ha escogido a la más magnífica de todas: París. París se desarrolla a través de las historias de pasiones, lealtades divididas y secretos guardados durante años de personajes tanto ficticios como reales, con el escenario de esta gloriosa ciudad como fondo. De la construcción de Notre Dame a las peligrosas maquinaciones del cardenal Richelieu; de la resplandeciente corte de Versalles a la violencia de la Revolución francesa y las comunas parisinas; del hedonismo de la Belle Époque, cuando el movimiento impresionista alcanza su cénit, a la tragedia que supuso la Primera Guerra Mundial; de los escritores de la Generación Perdida de los años 1920 a los que se podía encontrar bebiendo en Les Deux Magots a la ocupación nazi, los luchadores de la Resistencia y la revuelta estudiantil de mayo de 1968? Un mosaico impresionante, sensual, arrebatador.
Spanning 1800 years of Russia's history, people, politics, and culture, Edward Rurtherford tells a grand saga as multifaceted as Russia itself. Here is the story of a great civilization made human, played out through the lives of four families who are divided by ethnicity but united in shaping the destiny of their land.
"Hay pocos lugares en Inglaterra tan evocadores y misteriosos como New Forest, una vasta zona boscosa situada junto a la costa del sur del pais. A lo largo de los siglos, este bosque ha sido el escenario de las actividades mas diversas: sus tierras acogieron la brujeria y el contrabando, pero tambien sirvieron como coto de caza a los reyes sajones y normandos, y sus robles se emplearon para la construccion de la armada de Nelson. Personajes de todo tipo y extraccion social se asentaron en estos parajes, vidas que se entretejieron llevadas por enemistades, lealtades, guerras, pasiones e incluso crimenes que socavaron los cimientos de la sociedad en que se perpetraron."--Back cover
A masterpiece that is breathtaking in its scope, SARUM is an epic novel that traces the entire turbulent course of English history. This rich tapesty weaves a compelling saga of five families who preserve their own particular characteristics over the centuries, and offer a fascinating glimpse into the future.
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 of today. Through the lives and adventures of his colourful cast of characters, he brings all the richness of London's past unforgettably to life.
Edward Rutherfurd, the internationally bestselling author of Sarum, London, New York and PARIS, turns his pen to the bustling modern behemoth that is China - a country full to the brim with a deep, beautiful and sometimes violent heritage.Set from the 1800s onwards, Rutherfurd's beautiful novel explores the modern history of China with all the signature authenticity and interlacing personal stories that make him one of the most beloved authors of our time.
Set against the dramatic backdrop of Irish political history, this novel revisits family dynasties such as the Walshes and the Doyles, whose epic voyages through the centuries continue right the way up to the twentieth century's Easter Rising and Independence.
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
Brilliantly weaving impeccable historical research with stirring storytelling, Edward Rutherfurd explores our shared Celtic roots in a magnificent epic of Ireland spanning eleven centuries. While vividly conveying the passions and struggles that shaped particularly the character of Dublin, Rutherfurd portrays the major events in Irish history: the tribal culture of pagan Ireland; the mission of Saint Patrick; the coming of the Vikings; the making of treasures like the Book of Kells; and the tricks of Henry II, which gave England its first foothold in medieval Ireland. Through the interlocking stories of a memorable cast of characters–druids and chieftains, monks and smugglers, noblewomen and farmwives, laborers and orphans, rebels and cowards–Rutherfurd captures the essence of a place and its people in a thrilling story steeped in the tragedy and glory that are Ireland.
