First published 2016
Rutherfurd follows multiple generations of London families across more than two thousand years of the city's evolution. Characters witness the construction of Roman amphitheaters in ancient Londinium, then see the Tower of London rise from Norman stone. Their descendants attend performances at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and navigate the emerging fashionable districts of the West End. Each family's story weaves through London's major historical moments, from Roman conquest through medieval growth to Renaissance flowering and beyond. The novel shows how ordinary people shaped and were shaped by their city across centuries. Rutherfurd connects personal dramas to London's transformation from Roman outpost to global metropolis. The intertwining family sagas reveal how individual choices echo through generations while the city itself becomes a character whose growth mirrors the human stories unfolding within its boundaries.
Genres: literary-fiction, historical-fiction, epic
Vibes: epic, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: family-saga, historical-fiction
Setting: London, Londinium, West End
Period: Roman, Norman, Medieval, Renaissance, 21st Century
983 pages · Hardcover · Czarna Owca