“AS ENTERTAINING AS

\n“Engaging … A sprawling tome that combines fact with fiction\nand covers 900 years in the history of New Forest, a 100,000-acre\nwoodland in southern England … Rutherfurd sketches the\nhistories of six fictional families, ranging from aristocrats to\npeasants, who have lived in the forest for generations… . But\nthe real success is in how Rutherfurd paints his picture of the\nwooded enclave with images of treachery and violence, as well as\nmagic and beauty.”
\n_–The New York Post_

\n**“THE FOREST IS MICHENER TOLD WITH AN ENGLISH\nACCENT.”
\n_–St. Louis Post-Dispatch_

\n“TALES OF LOVE AND HONOR, DECEIT AND VIOLENCE, INHERITANCE AND\nLOSS.”
\n_–San Jose Mercury News_**

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From the Paperback edition.

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