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Known as a [[James Michener]] disciple,<ref>Quilligan,Mauren, "Older Than Texas,Bigger Than Israel", NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, 9/13/1987; See also: Lehmann-Hupt,Christopher,"London:Greed,Lust and Glory on the Thames",New York Times,8/7/1997
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</ref> Rutherfurd invents four to six fictional families and tells the stories of their descendants. Using this framework, he weaves them in and 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.
<ref>{{cite news|author = Mel Gussow|title = A Tale Of Ireland, Or At Least 1,100 Years|publisher = New York Times| date = [[2004-04-28]]|url = http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/28/books/28RUTH.html?ex=1398484800&en=48830b01d42a248c&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND\}}</ref>< Rutherfurd invents four to six fictional families and tells the stories of their descendants. Using this framework, he weaves them in and 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.


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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, set in England's New Forest which lies close by Sarum, and two novels , THE PRINCES OF IRELAND ( DUBLIN FOUNDATION ) and THE REBELS OF IRELAND ( IRELAND AWAKENING ) ,which cover the story of Ireland from the time just before Saint Patrick to the twentieth century. His books have been translated into twenty languages. Rutherfurd settled near Dublin, Ireland in the early 1990s, but currently divides his time between Europe and North America. [1]


Rutherfurd’s novels chronicle 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.


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Known as a James Michener disciple,Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).< Rutherfurd invents four to six fictional families and tells the stories of their descendants. Using this framework, he weaves them in and 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.

Bibliography : US & CANADA / UK & REST OF WORLD

Cover Title Year ISBN
File:US SARUM BOOK COVER.jpg Sarum (US & CANADA) 1987 ISBN 0449000729 (US paperback)

—Book cover of Sarum

File:Sarum.jpg Sarum (UK & REST OF WORLD) 1987 ISBN 0099527308 (UK paperback)
Laterly retitled Sarum: The Novel of England

—Book cover of Sarum

File:US RUSSKA BOOK COVER.JPG Russka: the Novel of Russia (US & CANADA) 1991 ISBN 0345479351 (US paperback)

—Book cover of Russka: the Novel of Russia

File:Russka.jpg Russka: the Novel of Russia (UK & REST OF WORLD) 1991 ISBN 0099635208 (UK paperback)

—Book cover of Russka: the Novel of Russia

File:US BOOK COVER LONDON.jpg London (US & CANADA) 1997 ISBN 0345455681 (US paperback)

—Book cover of London

File:Edwardrutherfurd london.jpg London (UK & REST OF WORLD) 1997 ISBN 0099201917 (UK paperback)

—Book cover of London

File:US BOOK COVER THE FOREST.jpg The Forest (US & CANADA) 2000 ISBN 0345441788 (US paperback)

—Book cover of The Forest

File:Edwardrutherfurd the forest.jpg The Forest (UK & REST OF WORLD) 2000 ISBN 009927907X (UK paperback)

—Book cover of The Forest

File:US BOOK COVER PRINCES OF IRELAND.jpg The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga (US & CANADA) 2004 ISBN 0345472357 (US paperback)

—Book cover of The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga

Dublin : Foundation (UK & REST OF WORLD) 2004 ISBN 0712680004 (UK paperback)

—Book cover of Dublin : Foundation

File:US BOOK COVER REBELS OF IRELAND.jpg The Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Saga (US & CANADA) 2006 ISBN 0345472365 (US paperback)

—Book cover of The Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Saga

File:Ireland awakening.jpg Ireland: Awakening (UK & REST OF WORLD) 2006 ISBN 1844138127 (UK paperback)

—Book cover of Ireland: Awakening

Notes

  1. ^ Edward Rutherfurd Official Website