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Opening with the assassination of King William II in 1099, the book covers nearly a millennium's worth of history. Rutherfurd creates generation after generation of adroitly realized characters, the best of whom defy our generic expectations: the canny Brother Adam, for example, is that rarest of literary creatures, a virtuous man who doesn't end up being simply bland and anodyne. Rutherfurd may be at his best when dealing with big-canvas events like the bloody Monmouth Rebellion of 1685. But he's no slouch at detailing more microcosmic conflicts, like this head-butting contest between two buck deer:
Her buck had hit firmer ground and his feet suddenly got a purchase on the grass. His hindquarters shivering, he dug in. She saw the shoulders rise and his neck bear down. And now the interloper was slipping on the wet leaves. Slowly, cautiously, their antlers locked, the two straining bucks began to turn. Now they were both on grass. Suddenly the interloper disengaged. He gave his head a twist. The jagged spike was aiming at the buck's eye.Bestial behavior? Perhaps. Yet the level of human folly and brutality scattered throughout The Forest makes the foregoing passage resemble an outtake from Bambi--and gives this sylvan saga a very memorable edge. --Barry Forshaw
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Book Description Unbound. Condition: VG+/GD/ND. y First Thus 1st. Imp. FNL. SOFTBACK ?CANADIAN EDITION,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. Full Number Line.* Date of Publication: July 2001.* Publisher: * Binding and cover condition: Illustrated. Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing huntsmen in front of a stately home. Minor bumps & rubs. Considerable shelf wear to edges & corners, small chips to back cover. Spine creased and dished. GD* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Very slightly grubby to page edges. VG+* Illustrations: None except b/w photo of author inside back cover.* Pages: 764 pp. text. i pp. authors details at rear.* Product Description:- "Engaging . . . A sprawling tome that combines fact with fiction and covers 900 years in the history of New Forest, a 100,000-acre woodland in southern England . . . Rutherfurd sketches the histories of six fictional families, ranging from aristocrats to peasants, who have lived in the forest for generations. . . . But the real success is in how Rutherfurd paints his picture of the wooded enclave with images of treachery and violence, as well as magic and beauty." ~ The New York Post.* This is a GOOD copy of the 1st./1st. FNL. with considerable shelf & reading wear.* 2001-07-03. n. Seller Inventory # 1236