Edward Rutherfurd

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Edward Rutherfurd

Born	1948 Salisbury, England

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.

1 Style
2 Format
3 Breadth of Readership
4 Bibliography
5 External links
6 Other sources

[edit] Style

Known as a James Michener disciple, Rutherfurd invents four to six fictional families and tells the stories of their descendants. Using this framework, he weaves them in out of historical situations, having them interact not only with each other, but also with significant historical figures. As a result, his books serve an educational purpose.

[edit] Format

Rutherfurd's novels are generally at least 500 pages and sometimes even over 1,000. Divided into a number of parts, each chapter represents a different era in the area of the novel's history. There is always an extensive family tree in the introduction, and each generational line matches with the corresponding chapters.

[edit] Breadth of Readership

Though Rutherford's novels have focused mostly on the British Isles, his popularity extends worldwide. From book clubs to academia, Rutherford draws a diverse pool of readers.

[edit] Bibliography

Title	Year	ISBN
Sarum	1987	ISBN 0099527308 (UK paperback)
Laterly retitled Sarum: The Novel of England —Book cover of Sarum

Russka: the Novel of Russia	1991	ISBN 0099635208 (UK paperback)
—Book cover of Russka

London	1997	ISBN 0099201917 (UK paperback)
—Book cover of London

The Forest	2000	ISBN 009927907X (UK paperback)
—Book cover of The Forest

Dublin: Foundation (The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga)	2004	ISBN 0712680004 (UK paperback)
—Book cover of Dublin: Foundation

Ireland: Awakening (The Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Saga) (Dublin: Ascendancy)	2006	ISBN 1844138127 (UK paperback)
—Book cover of Ireland: Awakening