Edward Rutherfurd
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Edward Rutherfurd
Edward Rutherfurd, suggested pseudonym for "Francis Edward Wintle" (born 1948), is the author of a series of novels chronicling the history of settlements through their development up to modern day, mixing fictional characters and families with real people and events – a kind of historical fiction pioneered by James Michener.
He was born in Salisbury, England, educated at the universities of Cambridge and Stanford, and previously worked in publishing. Rutherfurd settled near Dublin, Ireland, in the early 1990s.
[edit] Bibliography
- 1987: Sarum (laterly retitled Sarum: The Novel of England)
- 1991: Russka: the Novel of Russia
- 1997: London
- 2000: The Forest
- 2004: The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga
- 2006: The Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Saga
[edit] External links
- Random House author details
- Rutherfurd fan site
- "Crafter of the epic narrative", interview, ContraCostaTimes.com 9 May 2004
