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 . 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
seven more bestsellers: Russka a novel of Russia London The Forest set in England's New
Forest which lies close by Sarum two novels which cover the story of Ireland from the time
just before Saint Patrick to the twentieth century New York and Paris . His books have been
translated into over twenty languages.
