Rutherfurd settled near Dublin, Ireland in the early 1990s, but currently divides his time between Europe and North America. His books have sold more than fifteen million copies and been translated into twenty languages. Since then he produced seven more New York Times best-sellers: Russka, a novel of Russia London The Forest, set in England's New Forest which lies close by Sarum two novels, Dublin: Foundation ( The Princes of Ireland) and Ireland: Awakening ( The Rebels of Ireland), which cover the story of Ireland from the time just before Saint Patrick to the twentieth century New York Paris and China. Sarum was published in 1987 and became an instant international best-seller, remaining for 23 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List. He 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. After graduating he worked in political research, bookselling and publishing. Rutherfurd attended the University of Cambridge and Stanford Business School, where he earned a Sloan fellowship. His debut novel, Sarum, set the pattern for his work with a ten-thousand-year storyline. He is best known as a writer of epic historical novels that span long periods of history but are set in particular places.

A sprawling epic.Edward Rutherfurd is a pen name for Francis Edward Wintle (born in 1948). “Hold-your-breath suspense, buccaneering adventure, and passionate tales of love and war.”-The Times (London) Each episode is a punchy tale made up of bite-size chunks ending in tiny cliffhangers.”-The New York Times We overhear Geoffrey Chaucer deciding to write The Canterbury Tales. We witness first-hand the lust of Henry VIII. What a delightful way to get the feel of London and of English history. and the coming of the Industrial Revolution. The invasion by Julius Caesar’s legions in 54 B.C. Generation after generation, these families embody the passion, struggle, wealth, and verve of the greatest city in the Old World. He brings this vibrant city's long and noble history alive through his saga of ever-shifting fortunes, fates, and intrigues of a half-dozen families, from the age of Julius Caesar to the twentieth century. Breathtaking.”-The Orlando SentinelĪ master of epic historical fiction, Edward Rutherford gives us a sweeping novel of London, a glorious pageant spanning two thousand years. London tracks the history of the English capital from the days of the Celts until the present time. .

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