Edward Rutherfurd Ordine dei libri

„Das Reich der Mitte“ von Edward Rutherfurd ist ein opulenter historischer Roman, der das 19. Jahrhundert in China beleuchtet. Er schildert den Konflikt zwischen Ost und West, die Opiumkriege und die kulturellen Spannungen, die zur Entstehung des modernen China führten. Eine fesselnde Saga über Macht, Traditionen und menschliche Schicksale.

The internationally bestselling author of Paris and New York takes on an exhilarating new world with his trademark epic style in China: The Novel Edward Rutherfurd has enthralled millions of readers with his grand, sweeping historical sagas that tell the history of a famous place over multiple generations. Now, in China: The Novel, Rutherfurd takes readers into the rich and fascinating milieu of the Middle Kingdom. The story begins in 1839, at the dawn of the First Opium War, and follows Chinese history through Mao's Cultural Revolution and up to the present day. Rutherfurd chronicles the rising and falling fortunes of members of Chinese, British, and American families, as they negotiate the tides of history. Along the way, in his signature style, Rutherfurd provides a deeply researched portrait of Chinese history and society, its ancient traditions and great upheavals, and China's emergence as a rising global power. As always, we are treated to romance and adventure, heroines and scoundrels, grinding struggle and incredible fortunes. China: The Novel brings to life the rich terrain of this vast and constantly evolving country. From Shanghai to Nanking to the Great Wall, Rutherfurd chronicles the turbulent rise and fall of empires as the colonial West meets the opulent and complex East in a dramatic struggle between cultures and people. Extraordinarily researched and majestically told, Edward Rutherfurd paints a thrilling portrait of one of the most singular and remarkable countries in the world.

The epic novel of the most romantic city in the world.

New York suscita da sempre un fascino irresistibile. Ma quali sono i motivi che l'hanno resa una città unica al mondo? Dalla metà del Seicento - quando New York si chiamava ancora Nuova Amsterdam ed era soltanto una piccola colonia olandese - alla moderna metropoli dei grattacieli, Edward Rutherfurd ricostruisce il suo mito con questa saga appassionante. Quasi quattro secoli di storia, dai piccoli traffici con le tribù indiane alla dominazione inglese, dalla Rivoluzione alla Guerra civile, dalle moltitudini di immigrati che sbarcavano a Ellis Island tra la fine dell'Ottocento e i primi del Novecento ai ruggenti anni Venti, dal crollo della Borsa nel 1929 alle guerre mondiali, fino alla tragedia dell'll settembre. Nel caratteristico stile che lo ha reso famoso, l'autore mescola il rigore storico alle coinvolgenti vicende quotidiane dei suoi personaggi, tra cui diverse generazioni della famiglia Master, di origine anglo-olandese, attorno alla quale si muovono altre figure appartenenti a tutti gli strati sociali e a differenti etnie: nativi americani, africani, irlandesi, tedeschi, italiani, europei dell'Est, ebrei, testimoni e protagonisti dei molteplici eventi che hanno costruito il volto della "Grande mela". Desideri e speranze, avidità e corruzione, una mescolanza di sogno e intraprendenza che è il tratto caratteristico di una città divenuta simbolo, centro nevralgico dell'economia, della finanza e della cultura non solo statunitensi.

Set against the dramatic backdrop of Irish political history, this novel revisits family dynasties such as the Walshes and the Doyles, whose epic voyages through the centuries continue right the way up to the twentieth century's Easter Rising and Independence.

Kein anderer Autor vermag es, die Abenteuer, Liebesgeschichten und politischen Kämpfe von Familien über mehrere Generationen hinweg so eindringlich und packend darzustellen wie Edward Rutherfurd. In seinem neuen Epos, das auf Anhieb die englischen undamerikanischen Bestsellerlisten stürmte, spannt er einen farbenprächtigen Erzählbogen, der von Cromwells blutiger Niederschlagung der KatholikenAufstände über die Hungersnot 1741 bis zum irischen Unabhängigkeitskampf im Jahre 1922 reicht. Der englische Prediger Simeon Pincher kommt 1597 nach Irland und lehrt am neu gegründeten Trinity College von Dublin. Als er sich den Landsitz eines irischen Katholiken aneignen will, trifft er auf den erbitterten Widerstand der Anwaltsfamilie Walsh, deren Schicksal in den folgenden Jahrzehnten gravierenden Veränderungen unterworfen ist. Die Liebesabenteuer der eigenwilligen und leidenschaftlichen Anne stellen den Zusammenhalt dieser Familie auf eine harte Probe. Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts haben es die Walshs geschafft: Sie sind einflussreiche Geschäftsleute mit Sitz im irischen Parlament. Auf ihrem großen Gutsbesitz empfangen sie den amerikanischen Freiheitskämpfer Benjamin Franklin, dessen Besuch die Iren dazu inspiriert, sich größere Unabhängigkeit von England zu erstreiten. Neben Benjamin Franklin lernen wir zahlreiche große Gestalten der Geschichte von ihren menschlichallzumenschlichen Seiten her kennen: den englischen König Karl I., den exzentrischen Pfarrer, Schriftsteller und Hypochonder Jonathan Swift, den Dichter Yeats oder Arthur Guinness, den Erfinder des gleichnamigen Biers. Fiktion und historische Realität verschmelzen so zu einem unwiderstehlichen Epos, nach dessen Lektüre wir Dublin und Irland mit neuen Augen sehen

Spanning 1800 years of Russia's history, people, poltics, and culture, Edward Rutherfurd, author of the phenomenally successful SARUM: THE NOVEL OF ENGLAND, tells a grand saga that is as multifaceted as Russia itself. Here is a story of a great civilization made human, played out through the lives of four families who are divided by ethnicity but united in shaping the destiny of their land.

Spanning 1800 years of Russia's history, people, poltics, and culture, Edward Rutherfurd, author of the phenomenally successful SARUM: THE NOVEL OF ENGLAND, tells a grand saga that is as multifaceted as Russia itself. Here is a story of a great civilization made human, played out through the lives of four families who are divided by ethnicity but united in shaping the destiny of their land.