Edward Rutherfurd





Edward Rutherfurd

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January 01, 1948 in Salisbury, England, The United Kingdom

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Francis Edward Wintle, best known under his pen name Edward Rutherfurd, was born 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, a historical novel with a ten-thousand year story, set in the area around the ancient monument of Stonehenge, and Salisbury. 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 five more bestsellers: RUSS...more


Average rating: 3.92 · 27354 ratings · 2718 reviews · 17 distinct works
Sarum: The Novel of England
3.96 of 5 stars 396 avg rating — 8979 ratings — published 1987 — 29 editions
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London
3.94 of 5 stars 394 avg rating — 5692 ratings — published 1997 — 29 editions
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New York: The Novel
3.95 of 5 stars 395 avg rating — 4327 ratings — published 2009 — 26 editions
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The Princes of Ireland (The...
3.74 of 5 stars 374 avg rating — 3170 ratings — published 2003 — 25 editions
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Russka: The Novel of Russia
3.87 of 5 stars 387 avg rating — 2164 ratings — published 1991 — 20 editions
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The Forest
3.88 of 5 stars 388 avg rating — 1751 ratings — published 2000 — 19 editions
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The Rebels of Ireland (The ...
3.95 of 5 stars 395 avg rating — 1395 ratings — published 2004 — 24 editions
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Russka: Part 1
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The Forest   Part 1 Of 2
4.26 of 5 stars 426 avg rating — 34 ratings
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London   Part 1 Of 3
4.12 of 5 stars 412 avg rating — 33 ratings
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More books by Edward Rutherfurd…
The Princes of Ireland The Rebels of Ireland
The Dublin Saga (2 books)
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“You can do what you like, sir, but I'll tell you this. New York is the true capital of America. Every New Yorker knows it, and by God, we always shall.”
Edward Rutherfurd, New York: The Novel

“Don't you know that there's another bubble as well An expectations bubble. Bigger houses private planes yachts ...... stupid salaries and bonuses. People come to desire these things and expect them. But the expectations bubble will burst as well as all bubbles do.
Come to my gallery and I will sell you beautiful things at a more reasonable price. But the point is that they will have value. Things of real beauty things of the spirit.”
Edward Rutherfurd, New York: The Novel

“So does nobody care about Ireland?"
"Nobody. Neither King Louis, nor King Billie, nor King James." He nodded thoughtfully. "The fate of Ireland will be decided by men not a single one of whom gives a damn about her. That is her tragedy.”
Edward Rutherfurd, The Rebels of Ireland

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