Edward Rutherfurd
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January 01, 1948
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Salisbury, England, The United Kingdom
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Literature & Fiction
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Edward Rutherfurd was born in England, 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: RUSSKA, a novel of Russia; LONDON; THE FOREST,...more
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Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd avg rating 3.95 — 1,477 ratings — published 1987 20 editions |
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London: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd avg rating 3.93 — 1,395 ratings — published 1997 17 editions |
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The Princes of Ireland (The Dublin Saga, #1) by Edward Rutherfurd avg rating 3.70 — 1,037 ratings — published 2004 19 editions |
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Russka: The Novel of Russia by Edward Rutherfurd avg rating 3.81 — 534 ratings — published 1991 18 editions |
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The Forest by Edward Rutherfurd avg rating 3.84 — 477 ratings — published 2000 17 editions |
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The Rebels of Ireland (The Dublin Saga, #2) by Edward Rutherfurd avg rating 3.91 — 425 ratings — published 2004 19 editions |
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New York by Edward Rutherfurd avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published 2009 3 editions |
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Sarum (Part 3 of three parts) by Edward Rutherfurd, Read by Nadia May, Nadia May avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 1998 |
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Sarum Part I by Edward Rutherfurd avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1998 |
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Sarum Part III by Edward Rutherfurd avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1998 |
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