" AS ENTERTAINING AS "SARUM" AND RUTHERFURD' S OTHER SWEEPING NOVEL OF BRITISH HISTORY, "LONDON,"" "- The Boston Globe"""" Engaging . . . 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 Post"" "THE FOREST" IS MICHENER TOLD WITH AN ENGLISH ACCENT." "- St. Louis Post-Dispatch"" TALES OF LOVE AND HONOR, DECEIT AND VIOLENCE, INHERITANCE AND LOSS." "- San Jose Mercury News" "From the Paperback edition."