Sarum(novel)

Sarum

Sarumfirst edition cover.
Author	Edward Rutherfurd
Language	English
Genre	Historical novel
Publisher	Century Hutchinson
Publication date	7 May 1987
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (Hardback&Paperback)
Pages	1145 pp(first edition)
ISBN	0-7126-1447-8
OCLC	15591802

Sarum(also titledSarum: The Novel of England) is a work ofhistorical fictionbyEdward Rutherfurd,first published in 1987. It is Rutherfurd'sliterary debut.It tells the story of England through the tales of several families in and around the English city ofSalisbury,the writer's hometown, fromprehistorictimes to 1985.

Characters

The main families ofSaruminclude:

• Forest
• Wilson
• Porters
• Mason
• Shockley
• Godfrey

Synopsis

The story covers major points of British history. The following chapter listing parallels major periods and events:

Old Sarum

• Journey to Sarum (prehistoric Britain,7500BC)
• The Barrow (the arrival ofagriculturein Britain, 4000BC)
• The Henge (the building ofStonehenge,2000BC)
• Sorviodunum (the arrival of theRomans,42AD)
• Twilight (the fall of theRoman Empire/arrival of theSaxons,427AD)
• The Two Rivers (arrival of theVikings/uniting of England, 877AD)
• The Castle (NormanEngland, 1139AD)

New Sarum

• The Founding (the founding ofNew Sarum/building ofSalisbury Cathedral,1244–1310)
• The Death (theBlack Death,1348–1382)
• The Rose (the Rule of Lancaster, 1456)
• A Journey From Sarum (1480)
• New World (TheReformation,1553–1580)
• The Unrest (TheEnglish Civil War/ theExclusion Crisis,1642–1688)
• The Calm (the eighteenth century, 1720–1779)
• Boney (theBattle of Trafalgar,1803–1830)
• Empire (theBritish Empire,1854–1889)
• The Henge II (World War I/the selling of Stonehenge, 1915)
• The Encampment (World War II,1944)
• The Spire (Salisbury in 1985)