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    <body><![CDATA[This is a long book--I will be a few days on this one.  Looks good so <br/>far.<br/><br/>************<br/>Tuesday 1/6/09. Now on page 365 of London.  Still good. Will review when finished.<br/>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40896671">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The third book of Rutherford's that I've read of this type.  Have previously read Sarum and Russka and this book pretty much followed those; nothing really surprising or extraordinary about this book.<br/><br/>I suggest reading this book for more of the historical facts than any sort of story-tell...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20800584">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ugh.  Every physical description of a female character began and ended with her breasts.  Wooden prose, stilted dialogue -- actually, the only thing I enjoyed about this book were the descriptions of London as it grew and changed.  If Rutherfurd had written a story about the city itself, rather than...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42366747">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[London: The Novel is an entertaining, albeit long, read.  It takes some time to get into the book; you have to make your way past some dry geographic passages and slow character development.  Each chapter is its own short story which could probably stand on its own.  Since the author couldn’t use ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14737762">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a lonnnnnnnnnnnng book! It traces the history of London, from Roman times up through the 1990s. The author cleverly establishes several families and follows them throughout the various historical periods of London's history. It was a fascinating book, and I learned a great deal about the ci...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36123204">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The prose is pedestrian and the characters are pretty one dimensional, but I'm a sucker for multi-generational historical novels of the kind that require a family tree to keep track of.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's odd to read a 1,124 page novel and feel that it's too short.  This is not a &quot;haute&quot; literature novel, but rather a sprawling ramble through the history of London - the terrain and its people - made accessible through a series of chronological tales told through the ages.  As with &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50604507">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is quite an undertaking. Its scope is vast. It tells the story of London through the lives of its inhabitants from just before the Roman invasion of Britain up to 1997. I did like this book, it is well written, interesting and mindblowingly epic. It takes the form of a series of short stor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63561815">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The great strength of &quot;London&quot; is the author's ability to interconnect the vignettes that make up this massive novel. The main character is not human, but the city of London itself; Rutherfurd doesn't spend enough time on any one character to really make this a strong novel. Nevertheless, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60141526">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hot summer days between the move and the arrival of household goods - no better time to start a long epic by Rutherfurd. I discovered this book was loaned to me about ten years ago by someone who doesn't want it back. I love these Michener-like authors who start with the creation of the earth and br...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61857251">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The 2nd 1000+ book of the year and officially the largest read at 1300 pages.<br/><br/>Still, if you are trying to show the history of the capital from the roman invasion to modern day, its going to be lengthy.<br/><br/>This is a book like nothing that I have ever read before.  It is fiction - p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68031325">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the first book I read by this author and though it was difficult to stick with at the beginning, I found myself soon burning through the pages.  Much like Michener, here we see the history of London brought to life.  I truly believe that 'those who forget history are doomed to repeat it' an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42247476">more...</a>]]></body>
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