London follows six different families from the Roman settlement to the dockland development of today. Real-life characters and events of British history are found in London as well, but it is the period details and the stories of ordinary Londoners, whose daily lives are affected by events that have shaped the city over two thousand years, that bring the novel to life.Whether this was too ambitious a book or we didn't give it enough of a chance we will never know as none of us got through this except for Michele. You had to get into the 1500's for this book to 'come together'. In the beginning, there wasn't enough for people to relate to. It felt like short stories and he wasn't a strong enough writer to pull it off. The writing felt unsophisticated. It felt that he was inspired by James Mitchner.
