In a novel of extraordinary richness the whole sweep of British civilisation unfolds through the story of one place Salisbury from beyond recorded time to the present day. The landscape
- as old as time itself
- shapes the destinies of the five families. The Wilsons & the Shockleys locked in a cycle of revenge & rivalry for more than 400 years. The Masons who pour their inspired love of stone into the creation of Stonehenge & Salisbury Cathedral. The Porters descended from a young Roman soldier in exile. & the aristocratic Norman Godefrois who will fall to the very bottom of the social ladder before their fortunes revive.