- Fiction, Historical fiction, Domestic fiction, Fiction, historical
From the mysterious killing of King William Rufus, treachery and witchcraft, smuggling and poaching run through this epic tale of well-born ladies, lowly woodsmen, sailors, merchants and Cistercian monks.
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Earnest, epic, classical in form and grave.
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Edward Rutherfurd
- First published
- 2000
- Pages
- 764
- Publisher
- Random House Group Limited, Arrow Books Ltd, Tandem Library
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780099279075
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