Sarum: Part 3 of 3

by Edward Rutherfurd, Nadia May (Narrator)

[This is Part 3 of a 3-part Audiobook CASSETTE Library Edition in vinyl case.]

[Read by Nadia May]

In Sarum , Edward Rutherfurd weaves a compelling saga of five English families whose fates become intertwined over the course of centuries. While each family has its own distinct characteristics, the successive generations reflect the changing character of Britain. We become drawn not only into the fortunes of the individual family members, but also the larger destinies of each family line.

Meticulously researched and epic in scope, Sarum covers the entire sweep of English from the early hunters and farmers, the creation of Stonehenge, the dawn of Christianity, and the Black Death; through the Reformation, the wars in America, the Industrial Age, and the Victorian social reforms; up through the World War II invasion of Normandy and the modern-day concerns of a once-preeminent empire.

Genres: Historical Fiction

Audio Cassette

Published December 1, 1998

About the author

Francis Edward Wintle, best known under his pen name Edward Rutherfurd, was born in the cathedral city of Salisbury. Educated locally, and at the universities of Cambridge, and Stanford, California, he worked in political research, bookselling and publishing. After numerous attempts to write books and plays, he finally abandoned his career in the book trade in 1983, and returned to his childhood home to write SARUM, a historical novel with a ten-thousand year story, set in the area around the ancient monument of Stonehenge, and Salisbury. Four years later, when the book was published, it became an instant international bestseller, remaining 23 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List. Since then he has written five more bestsellers: RUSSKA, a novel of Russia; LONDON; THE FOREST, set in England's New Forest which lies close by Sarum, and two novels which cover the story of Ireland from the time just before Saint Patrick to the twentieth century. His books have been translated into twenty languages.

Edward has lived in London, New York, New Hampshire and Ireland. He currently divides his time between New England and Europe. He has two children.

Edward Rutherfurd is a Life Member of the Friends of Salisbury Cathedral, the Salisbury Civic Society, and the Friends of Chawton House, which is located in Jane Austen's village and dedicated to the study of women writers. He is also a Patron of the National Theatre of Ireland (the Abbey Theatre) in Dublin.

In 2005, the City of Salisbury commemorated his services to the city by naming one of the streets leading off its medieval market place 'Rutherfurd Walk'.

Reviews

[Marina Marić · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ovo ime gore je pseudonim, a pravo je Fransis Edvard Vintl. On je rodom iz Solzberija u Viltširu. Tri godine je sakupljao informacije da bi onda napisao Sarum. Na više od 1400 stranica stala je istorija od 10.000 godina.

Treći tom Imperija opisuje razvoj Solzberija i juga Engleske od kraja srednjeg veka do današnjih dana. To je doba Napoleonovih ratova ali i nezadrživog razvoja i industrijske revolucije čija je kolevka upravo Britanija – dramatično razdoblje ogromnog bogatstva, s jedne strane, i nepojmljivog siromaštva i očaja s druge. To je i vreme vladavine kraljice Viktorije i nastanka ogromne Britanske imperije, sve do njenog raspada i dva svetska rata.

[Sally · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book begins about 20,000 years ago. So it was a bit of a challenge right from the start. Rutherford weaves a perfect story to the end. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

[Allison · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit long a tedious, but it actually started back with cave men!