![]() ![]() The New Forest is the perfect backdrop for the families who people this epic story. The mighty oaks of the forest were used to build the ships for Admiral Nelson’s navy, and the fishermen who lived in Christchurch and Lymington helped Sir Francis Drake fight off the Spanish Armada. It is here that Saxon and Norman kings rode forth with their hunting parties, and where William the Conqueror’s son Rufus was mysteriously killed. “Rutherford brings England’s New Forest to life” ( The Seattle Times) in this companion to the critically acclaimed Sarumįrom the time of the Norman Conquest to the present day, the New Forest, along England’s southern coast, has remained an almost mythical place. ![]()
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