Sarum

A heck of a story … a grand read * Daily Mail *
A high-speed cavalcade of our island story … a heady and sometimes sexy brew * Daily Express *
Bursts with action, encyclopedic in historic detail … supremely well crafted and a delight to read * Chicago Tribune *
A richly imagined vision of history, written with genuine delight * San Francisco Chronicle *
A thundering good read … a great achievement * The Bookseller *
Rutherfurd’s … meticulous research makes the smallest detail interesting * Toronto Sun *
Rutherfurd has told the story of the land he was born in and has told it well … Highly recommended * New York Times *
A fulsome and entertaining saga * Kirkus Reviews *
Absorbing … a superior historical novel … This blockbuster saga should appeal to discriminating readers, since Rutherfurd has an excellent grasp of his subject and a compelling story to tell * Publishers Weekly *
A fascinating journey … a clear yet sparkling window upon history with a superb narrative, so perfectly balanced between history and fiction that it clears away the mists of time from antiquity, giving the reader the impression that events over a span of ten centuries occurred only yesterday * Fort Worth Star-Telegram *

Edward Rutherfurd was born in England, 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. 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 seven more bestsellers- Russka, a novel of Russia; London; The Forest, set in England’s New Forest which lies close by Sarum; two novels which cover the story of Ireland from the time just before Saint Patrick to the twentieth century; New York; and Paris. His books have been translated into over twenty languages.

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