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I principi dirlanda edward rutherfurd biography
Edward Rutherfurd
English writer (born 1948)
Edward Rutherfurd is a pen name for Francis Edward Wintle[1] (born in 1948). He is best known as a writer of epic historical novels that span long periods of history but are set in particular places.
His debut novel, Sarum, set the pattern for his work with a ten-thousand-year storyline.
Biography
Rutherfurd attended the University of Cambridge and Stanford Business School, where he earned a Sloan fellowship.[1][2] After graduating he worked in political research, bookselling and publishing.[2] 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.[3]
Sarum was published in 1987 and became an instant international best-seller, remaining for 23 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List.[citation