Sarum, for example, is set in and around the city of Salisbury it begins in prehistoric times, then moves forward a few generations with each chapter, bringing us right up to the 1980s, and in this way, we watch the entire history of the city (and of England) unfold.
Rutherfurd’s novels all follow a very similar format they each tell the story of several families who live in one particular country, city or region over a period of many years. His first novel, Sarum, was published in 1987, and since then he has written seven others, with a new one expected in 2019. For the last few months, I have been looking at the work of some of my favourite historical fiction authors having previously featured Elizabeth Chadwick and Anya Seton, this month it’s the turn of a very different author: Edward Rutherfurd.Įdward Rutherfurd is the pseudonym of Francis Edward Wintle, born in Salisbury, England in 1948. Welcome to my monthly post on all things historical fiction.
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