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A review by leemac027
Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd
5.0
I just love the way Edward Rutherfurd writes!
This is a huge book, 1344 pages, of the detailed and intricate history of Sarum - the area now encompassing Wiltshire and mainly focusing on Salisbury, Stonehenge and their surrounds.
You are taken on a journey from thousands of years past up to the mid 1980s, seeing the lives of the Forest, Portier, Mason, Shockley and Godrey families (and all of the derivatives of their names), how they intertwine and how they break apart.
The intrigue, politics, religious fervour, wars, love and loss over the centuries is fascinating and compelling. Rutherfurd takes historic events and sprinkles the lives of these fictitious families across time and it is a pleasure to read.
This is also the area of one line of my ancestors, so reading this history was insightful and educational.
Such a great storyteller.
This is a huge book, 1344 pages, of the detailed and intricate history of Sarum - the area now encompassing Wiltshire and mainly focusing on Salisbury, Stonehenge and their surrounds.
You are taken on a journey from thousands of years past up to the mid 1980s, seeing the lives of the Forest, Portier, Mason, Shockley and Godrey families (and all of the derivatives of their names), how they intertwine and how they break apart.
The intrigue, politics, religious fervour, wars, love and loss over the centuries is fascinating and compelling. Rutherfurd takes historic events and sprinkles the lives of these fictitious families across time and it is a pleasure to read.
This is also the area of one line of my ancestors, so reading this history was insightful and educational.
Such a great storyteller.