![]() ![]() Read more society of Jane Austen's Bath, and whose ramifications continue through the age of the Victorian railway builders to the ecologists of the present day. The feuds, wars, loyalties and passions of generations reach their climax in a crime that shatters the decorous. ![]() Now Edward Rutherfurd weaves its history and legends into compelling fiction, from the mysterious killing of King William Rufus to treachery and witchcraft, smuggling and poaching: this is an epic tale of well-born ladies, lowly woodsmen, sailors, merchants and Cistercian monks. Few places lie closer to the heart of the nation's heritage than the New Forest. A remarkable and ambitious novel whose central character is not a man or a woman, but the ancient New Forest of England. Num Pages: 912 pages, genealogy tab maps. Now Edward Rutherfurd weaves its history and legends into compelling fiction, from the mysterious killing of King William Rufus to treachery and witchcraft, smuggling and poaching: this is an. ![]() This work covers from the cruel forest laws of the Normans and their passion for hunting, to the founding of Beaulieu Abbey by capricious King John from the very real dangers of the Spanish Armada to the elegance of Georgian Lymington and more. Few places lie closer to the heart of England's heritage than the New Forest. ![]()
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