The Forest: [None on Front Cover; ""A Novel"" on Title Page Only]

AS ENTERTAINING AS SARUM AND RUTHERFURD'S OTHER SWEEPING NOVEL OF BRITISH HISTORY, LONDON.-The Boston GlobeEngaging . . . A sprawling tome that combines fact with fiction and covers 900 years in the history of New Forest, a 100,000-acre woodland in southern England . . . Rutherfurd sketches the histories of six fictional families, ranging from aristocrats to peasants, who have lived in the forest for generations. . . . But the real success is in how Rutherfurd paints his picture of the wooded enclave with images of treachery and violence, as well as magic and beauty.-The New York PostTHE FOREST IS MICHENER TOLD WITH AN ENGLISH ACCENT.-St. Louis Post-DispatchTALES OF LOVE AND HONOR, DECEIT AND VIOLENCE, INHERITANCE AND LOSS.-San Jose Mercury News