![]() ![]() This was possibly because I knew that I would only know them for a few years before the book flipped onto another time period and then they would be lost. In general I found it impossible to warm towards any of the characters or get very emotionally invested in the book at all. The story takes up from 5 years after the Plague, when this would have been a wonderful opportunity for a bit of sympathetic and emotive storytelling. It made it look as if Edward Rutherfurd couldn't be bothered to write about anything that exciting. One rather obvious omission was the Great Plague, as well the Great Fire of London, which I was very disappointed about. By Charles 1st's time, the story began to be a little self-conscious, rather like Edward Rutherfurd had swallowed lots of history books and then tried to bring them to life, which is clearly what this book is intended to do. ![]() Quite interesting to follow the same group families down the centuries. Every new part of the book is a century or two further on. The book begins with a rather sweet tale of a group of deer and their lives, which I got quite into, alongside the life of a young French woman from Normandy, set in 10th century, which is where the book begins. Halfway through the first part of the story (it took me that long to really get into it) I started to become interested in the mundane everyday events the story depicts. ![]() This book is a slow burner to be sure! Prepare yourself for the long haul and expect to be patient. ![]()
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