London by Edward Rutherfurd

Two thousand years in one great city

Good Condition – visible dust-jacket wear with edge and corner scuffing. Age marks to page edges. Pages otherwise very straight and clear.

London tells the story of England’s capital across two millennia, from its Celtic and Roman beginnings to the modern city. Edward Rutherfurd follows several fictional families whose fortunes rise, fall and intertwine as each generation encounters the forces reshaping London. Invasion, plague, fire, religious conflict, royal power, commerce, war and industrial growth unfold through the lives of ordinary people as well as encounters with celebrated historical figures. Family traits, rivalries and secrets echo across the centuries, linking the city’s earliest settlement to its later streets and institutions. Rich in period detail yet driven by fast-moving personal stories, this panoramic historical novel reveals London as a place continually remade by ambition, disaster, endurance and the countless lives built along the Thames.