Edward Rutherfurd

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Edward Rutherford is a pseudonym for Francis Edward Wintle. A writer of historical novels, he has also found success with multigenerational epics. His first book Sarum: The Novel of England was published in 1987. It was followed in 1991 with Russka: The Novel of Russia. He has also published two näytä lisää novels which cover the story of Ireland from the time just before Saint Patrick to the twentieth century: Dublin: Foundation (The Princes of Ireland) and Ireland: Awakening (The Rebels of Ireland). His books have been translated into twenty languages. Wintle was born in 1948, in Wiltshire, England. He attended Cambridge University and graduated with honors in English. His title's Paris and Sarum: The Novel of England made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän

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London (1997) 4,521 kappaletta

Sarum (1987) 4,049 kappaletta

The Princes of Ireland (2004) 2,846 kappaletta

New York: The Novel (2009) 2,606 kappaletta

Russka (1991) 2,276 kappaletta

The Forest (2000) 2,101 kappaletta

Paris (2013) 1,672 kappaletta

The Rebels of Ireland (2006) 1,479 kappaletta

China (2019) 353 kappaletta

Russka, Part I (1994) 31 kappaletta

Russka, Part II (1994) 22 kappaletta

Sarum, Part I (1992) 16 kappaletta

Sarum, Part II (1994) 12 kappaletta

The Forest Part 1 Of 2 (2000) 6 kappaletta

London, Part I (1998) 5 kappaletta

[unidentified works] 4 kappaletta

London, Part III (1998) 4 kappaletta

London, Part II (1998) 4 kappaletta

London [abridged] 3 kappaletta

Sarum: The Novel of England, Part 3 (1994) 3 kappaletta

Budgie (Colouring Books) 3 kappaletta

The Forest [abridged] 3 kappaletta

Russka [abridged] 1 kappale

DUBLIN SAGA, THE 2/2A pri,reb 1 kappale

Pasadena * 1 kappale

Russka / Sarum / London / The Forest 1 kappale

The Forest Proof (1999) 1 kappale

Nyskoven, bd. 2 1 kappale

Rusos I - Edward Rutherfurd (2006) 1 kappale

Becoming Naomi Leon 1 kappale

Nyskoven, bd. 1 1 kappale

Galilee 1 kappale

The Forest Part 2 Of 2 (2000) 1 kappale

Kina 1 kappale

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Virallinen nimi: Wintle, Francis Edward
Muut nimet: Rutherfurd, Edward (pseudonym)
Syntymäaika: 1948
Sukupuoli: male
Kansalaisuus: Verenigd Koninkrijk
Syntymäpaikka: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
Asuinpaikat: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Palo Alto, California, USA
London, England, UK
New Hampshire, USA
New York, New York, USA (näytä kaikki 7)
Ireland (Republic of)
Koulutus: University of Cambridge
Stanford University
Ammatit: writer
author
novelist
Organisaatiot: Friends of Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury Civic Society
Friends of Chawton House
Lyhyt elämäkerta: http://www.edwardrutherfurd.com/us/au...

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Keskustelut

Edward Rutherfurd., Historical Fiction (marraskuu 2011)

Kirja-arvosteluja

London: The Novel Tekijä: Edward Rutherfurd

''It was amazing how quiet London could be. Not only in the big parks, but in great walled enclosures like the Temple or in the old churches like St Bartholomew's, there was a silence that seemed to take one back for centuries. Even here in the City the office buildings rising high over the narrow streets provided a screen so that the sounds of London's busy traffic could scarcely be heard. She glanced up at the sky. Still blue.''

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AmaliaGavea | 74 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 19, 2024 |

Sarum: The Novel of England Tekijä: Edward Rutherfurd

A few days ago, here in early 2024, I recalled reading and enjoying an epic novel that followed a few English families, from prehistory through modern time. Its title and most of its contents escaped me, but this morning's research brought back the almost-thousand-page novel, Sarum.

The idea of following history through a set of stories about family lines, is both sort of kludgy, and at the same time brilliant. I'm willing to agree that a line of the Browns (I don't remember any names from the book) kept their family name and family worldview through centuries. If they were nice people or nasty ones in the bronze age, they were the same in the 1900s. That's the cover Rutherfurd uses to make his novel work. And it did work for me. What I know about English history is probably largely influenced by this big, fat, paperback book.… (lisätietoja)

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mykl-s | 77 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 2, 2024 |

Sarum: The Novel of England Tekijä: Edward Rutherfurd

It is an epic novel spanning the Stone Age to the late 20th century in the Salisbury Plain. The story is written in the style of the late James Michener.

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