Reddit mentions of Sarum: The Novel of England

You just reminded me of one of the best books I've ever read. Sarum. It describes the first man to settle down in the Salisbury delta, through the roman occupation, through the dark ages, the Middle Ages, and up to near history. It follows 3 or 4 bloodlines, and you see injustices perpetrated by one line against another be corrected generations later. So much fun.

Moderately historically inaccurate, but it sounds right in most places.

Edit: Because of the mild interest, here's the amazon link,

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0449000729/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1367544195&sr=8-1&pi=SL75

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Do you mean culturally or genetically? Culturally, Danelaw and Normandy were both regions under the influence of Scandinavian rulers and settled by Scandinavian people. I don't think the Vikings are particularly noted for their cultural rigidity and readily adopted local languages and customs. In Normandy and Danelaw, the scandinavians blended with the rest of the population becoming Normans and Anglo-Scandinavians, respectively.

The puritans were quite a bit later than the "Vikings" and I doubt there were culturally distinctive that survived over that time scale (that were not absorbed into the greater Anglo culture).

If you are interesting in Historical Fiction, the works of Edward Rutherfurd (Sarum, London) might get you started on considering the relationships among the various peoples that settled England.

http://www.amazon.com/Sarum-Novel-England-Edward-Rutherfurd/dp/0449000729/

http://www.amazon.com/London-Novel-Edward-Rutherfurd/dp/0449002632

Sarum - the whole history of England from thousands of years BC to modern times.

The Source a history of Israel based on one archaeological site from thousands of years BC until modern times.

Both are very good reads, "historical novels" oldstyle.

Check out Sarum

Same basic concept... Tracks multiple families but through several time spans in one area of England. The building of the Salisbury Cathedral will certainly draw parallels.

If you like long historical fiction about England, check out Sarum. Starts in pre-history, ends with WWI I think.

close but your search gave me the correct one thx.

It's Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd

http://www.amazon.com/Sarum-Novel-England-Edward-Rutherfurd/dp/0449000729/ref=sr_1_28?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344526511&sr=1-28&keywords=james+michener

People keep telling me about this book with my username. I've never actually read it. My name comes from this. It's in memoriam of a dead friend who liked drugs a little too much.

I'll have to go pick up that book one of these days. People keep telling me about it.

If you ever remember the name of that other book, which sounds like a Chick tract, just tell me the name. I can go fetch it for myself. No need to be buying me stuff, k.

If you like to read, hell yeah, let's talk. My hubs and I are both bookworms to an amazing degree. I just read one called Everything I Never Told You which won some kind of award from Amazon - best new or first book of the year, can't remember. It's a mindfucker.

The only book that ever made me cry was written from the point of view of a family dog. It was made into a movie that completely sucked, but the end of the book had me bawling. I've had to fight to retrieve that book from people I've loaned it to; only one printing, there aren't that many around, so I wasn't able to just let them keep it.

Want to read one from the point of view of a velociraptor? Here you go.

Another mindfucker: Room. Jesus, this one will have your skin crawling and hair standing up on the back of your neck.

My main thing is historical fiction, though. Gotta be well-researched and accurate - and yes, I check. I can go on and on about this, but the best is Edward Rutherfurd. He takes several lineages and follows them throughout history - Sarum starts in prehistory, do that one first - with a ton of detail.

Hubs is into science fiction, favorite author is Neal Stephenson. We both dig Kim Stanley Robinson, though. If you've never read his stuff, try this. If sci-fi is your thing, I can ask him for some recommendations.

When I say that Himself and I are bookworms, I am not kidding. We turned the dining room into a library to contain the overflow. You walk in our front door, and to your right is a wall; to your left, a library. Pretty fucking cool, if you ask me.

I love pillars of the earth! A book Id suggest is Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd http://www.amazon.com/Sarum-Novel-England-Edward-Rutherfurd/dp/0449000729

If you really want some indepth historical fiction, look at Edward Rutherfurd. His books are a fantastic read if you like thick books with a lot of detail. https://www.amazon.com/Sarum-Novel-England-Edward-Rutherfurd/dp/0449000729

All of the ones I'm thinking of are named after the area he's writing about. So he's got Sarum, which is around the English city that becomes Salisbury, London, New York, The Forest (another area of England, the New Forest area), a couple set in Ireland, one in France and one in Russia.

It's been a while, but while they tell the stories of different families I do not think there are any explicit sex scenes. I don't remember any sex scenes whatsoever. More like, "they spent a night together" level of explanation.

I also hate crappy sex scenes that are especially crappy when written by men. I don't know why they are so much worse than women in general. This article might explain why. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2011/nov/25/male-writers-bad-writing-sex

Note: women can write some truly awful sex scenes. It's just been my experience that you get a whole lot more of them from male authors.

Off the top of my head:

The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon: Outlander

Sarum, by Edward Rutherford: Sarum

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, by Allen Gurganus: Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

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Blessings to you!

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Sarum - The Novel of England https://www.amazon.com/Sarum-Novel-England-Edward-Rutherfurd/dp/0449000729/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1467644580&sr=1-1&keywords=sarum
It is presented as fictional history of man and the establishment and growth of Salsbury in England but it does a great job of explaining the probable source of religion. It is also very entertaining.