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Summary: Long but worth it!
Review: Learn quite a bit about the history of London and have fun doing it with Edward Rutherfurd's remarkable research,his entertaining writing style and believable characters brought to life in this epic adventure.
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Summary: An engrossing metamorphosis of London town
Review: Sweeping, saga-like, hard-to-put down. I had the pleasure of reading LONDON while traveling in England and Scotland. Being there while reading it made LONDON even more fascinating. LONDON, cleverly recanted in story form, is an absolute feast.
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Summary: Enjoyable!
Review: This book was everything I expected: glimpses into different epochs; interesting scraps of information; a plot spanning millenia. What kept this book from being a GREAT read was that there was no unexpected thrill, no frisson. Too bad, because the reader invests plenty of time in the book. However, it's great to read before your next trip to London. Just bear in mind that the names aren't all THAT important and keep on reading. Also, a word to the publisher -- make it easier to find the geneaological chart -- print it on the inside paper cover of the book. I was always flipping through the maps to look up out who begat whom.
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Summary: With more skilled writing, this would have been a great book
Review: While the stories are interesting and the book seems to be well researched, it becomes boring soon. The writing style is rather bland if not wooden. With more skilled and creative writing, this would have been a great book.
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Summary: Entertaining, but too long
Review: A very entertaining look at how things change, and how they stay the same, throughout history. Rutherfurd writes in an easy, conversational style, but the book seems to run out of steam halfway through - there is just too much history to cover. In the second half he tries to cram so many characters and details into each chapter that no real characterization is possible. Still, an ambitious idea and quite entertaining.
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Summary: Don't let the 1000+ pages scare you away
Review: The story goes by so quickly, you'll make it through this enormous book in no time. This is the first Edward Rutherford I've ever read, and now that I've been introduced to him, I plan on reading his other works as well. Yes, yes, as everyone else has pointed out, the characters are shallow and there's not much of a plot, but remember, the book is called "London". The city is the hero of the novel.
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Summary: Brought history of times and generations to life
Review: A Fascinating book, as good as SARUM. Ideal for the visitor to London who wants a quick synopsis of all of London's history before visiting. It will make the places more alive as you will know why areas or buildings were so-named. Read LONDON, then SARUM.
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Summary: You quickly forget who to care about.
Review: This set of stories provides numerous "Oh, I didn't know that" epiphanettes on name origins and practices but the delivery mechanisms are far from subtle. What is the origin of the multi-tiered wedding cake? It will take a duel, a death, a betrayal, an unpaid baker, and much more before you find out. This is a very long shaggy dog story with London factoids hung on a branch bare fir. A good book for Trivial Pursuit fans as it provides a mildly interesting framework for the steady drip drip of infobits. A great one for "lights out" readers. Numerous places to start and stop and a book mark is hardly necessary as the characters will reappear again and again - or so it seems. A book to borrow! I liked it.
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Summary: Want to recapture that exciting feeling of your first time..
Review: ...in London? Even if you are just planning your first journey to London, this book will bring home the magnitude of history which is buried under the cobbles. A must read for students travelling abroad - a good carry-on/time waster on the Eurorail - very hard to put down. I highly recommend this book to lovers of historical-fiction and travel.
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Summary: Much too long and boring. Like a text book. Gave up
Review: I could not continue with this book any longer than 200 pages. Did'nt care what happened to the people. Found that I was speed reading just to get through it. This book is not for me. Can't give it away.
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