- Fiction, History, Fiction, historical, New york (n.y.), fiction
A tale set against a backdrop of New York City's history from its founding through the September 11 attacks traces the experiences of characters who witness such periods as the Revolutionary War, the city's emergence as a financial giant, and the Gilded Age.
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Earnest, grave, epic and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Edward Rutherfurd
- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 862
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Penguin Random House
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780099509387
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