Rebels of Ireland
Edward RutherfurdFew authors are as ambitious as Edward Rutherford. And Dublin: Foundation,
the first of a massive two-part epic, is possibly Rutherford's most
challenging undertaking yet--and (on the evidence of this first book)
could well be his most considerable achievement. Rutherford's sheer
readability belies his obvious seriousness. His arm-straining volumes
may cover every possible variety of human experience (couched in
historical backgrounds of immense detail and authenticity), but he
remains a storyteller of no mean skills. From the early books that made
his name (notably the much-acclaimed Sarum), through to the more recent blockbuster London,
the author has combined a panoramic, Homeric vision with a James-Joyce
like concentration on the minutiae of everyday life; the results of this