Books like Ulverton by Adam Thorpe
Ulverton follows a 300‑year cycle of English history, centered on the eponymous village on the Wessex Downs. Through twelve distinct narrators—diaries, sermons, letters, pub conversations, and film scripts—the story spans from a soldier returning after Cromwell’s reign to a 1980s TV documentary that uncovers a buried skeleton. The novel intertwines folk tale, myth, and oral tradition with historical detail, creating a densely allusive portrait of the village as a palimpsest of time and place.
First publish date: 1992
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Adam Thorpe
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