London - Audio Cassette - Abridged Author:Edward Rutherfurd, Simon Prebble (Narrator) Condensing eight hundred pages and several hundred centuries into four tapes leads inevitably to a loss of detail, but the listener of this abridgment isn't left wanting. The book itself is crammed with the trivia of history, from the time of the Druids to the last decade of the twentieth century. Even with this condensed form, the listener is h... more »eld spellbound. Prebble's British accents range from royal to cockney, and his narration is peppered with various Celtic brogues, all distinguishing a complex cast of characters and cameo appearances by the likes of Chaucer and Shakespeare. Rutherford is a master storyteller, and the quality of his craft is in no way diminished through abridgment. -- AudioFile
A novel that spans 2000 years and revolves around the fates of seven families who have had a vital impact on London over the centuries--from third-century Londinium to today's international capital.