Finally, as always, I thank my agent Gill Coleridge, without whom I should be entirely lost, my wonderful editors, Oliver Johnson at Century and William Thomas at Doubleday, whose exemplary thoroughness and creative responses to problems have so hugely improved this manuscript, and Charlotte Haycock at Century and Melissa Danaczko at Doubleday for so kindly and patiently guiding the manuscript through its final stages.

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2009 by Edward Rutherfurd

DOUBLEDAY and the DD colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.

Originally published in Great Britain by Century,
Random House Group Ltd., London.

Map illustrations by Mike Morgenfeld

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Rutherfurd, Edward.
New York : the novel / Edward Rutherfurd.—1st ed.
p. cm.
1. New York (N.Y.)—History—Fiction. I. Title.
PR6068.U88N49 2009
823′.914—dc22
2009026584

eISBN: 978-0-385-53023-1

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