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Rutherford, Edward
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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 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.
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