Erin (Historical Fiction Reader)’s Reviews > Sarum > Status Update

Fifteen and a half miles on the bike this morning, and a good chunk of Empire.

This chapter is slower than some of the others, but it's enjoyable. Fun callback to Osmund Mason/The Founding as well.

Had hoped to read all of The Unrest today, but overshot and read all the way through The Calm.

On track to finish this one tomorrow. Hell of a ride. Kind of annoyed I let it sit on my shelf for so long.

Glad the novel didn't wander as far from Salisbury as I feared it would.

Have no issue stating Obediah is my least favorite character in the story thus far, and that's saying something as he keeps company with the odious Witchfinder General.

Samuel and Margaret, on the other hand, made The Unrest one of the most memorable chapters in the book.

The Calm is up next. Onward!

Nellie is giving Aelfgifu a run for her money. I admire the latter's brass, but the sass and sensuality of the former have me rolling!

No mileage today. Figure it is time for a rest, but I pushed through the last of The Death and all of The Rose.

The Rose is kind of a bum of a chapter. I feel like nothing particularly interesting happened, and I am not exactly sold on the concept of the next chapter.

A Journey From Sarum indicates we will be leaving Salisbury. Odd for a book literally designed on the history of the place...

Don't have it in me to push through to the next chapter. Gonna sit tight in the aftermath of the Black Death till tomorrow.

The Founding had me thinking of Pillars of the Earth.

Finished the chapter and taking a break before starting The Death.

Have a feeling plague is on the horizon.

12.61 miles and a good chunk of chapter eight in the books.

Up to 1265. The story is more intertwined now that all five families have established lines. Rutherford is also embracing the opportunity to include more history.

Part I, Old Sarum, covered 7500 BC to 1139 AD. This took 433 pages.

Part II, New Sarum, picks up in 1244 and ends in 1985 (a pretty cool year if you ask me). This will take 600 pages.

I understand the reasoning here, but the math amuses me just the same.

The Anarchy!

In all seriousness, the events of this book keep prompting me to thinj of others set in the various times periods in covers. At the moment that means a lot of Chadwick's backlist and I'm definitely NOT complaining.