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10 quotes by Edward Rutherfurd

Edward Rutherfurd is a pen name for Francis Edward Wintle (born 1948 in Salisbury, England) known primarily as a writer of epic historical novels. His debut novel Sarum set the pattern for his work with a ten-thousand year storyline.
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I myself was born beside a river - the Avon in Sarum. So when I first encountered New York's great harbor and the Hudson River as a teenager, and... →

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I descend from both Philadelphia Quakers and Carolina colonists whose families were separated by the Revolutionary War. That helped give me insight... →

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For novelists, the imagination is everything. The trick is to guide one's imagination using research. I love using old maps. When I wrote my... →

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Writing historical novels can be dangerous. We need to be as accurate and as fair about the historical record as we can be, at the same time as... →

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Paris. City of love. City of dreams. City of splendor. City of saints and scholars. City of gaiety. Sink of iniquity.

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For centuries my father's family lived on Britain's biggest tidal river, the Severn, on which there was a huge trade with the interior, and... →

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For me, playing music while I write is important. Several of the romantic scenes in 'Paris' were written with Debussy's 'String... →

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All of my career has been an attempt to educate myself and get paid for it.

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I do extensive research before I begin writing, but only a fraction of the research goes into the novels. The writer does not need to tell the reader... →

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I first considered writing 'New York' in 1991. I'd been in the city for a decade, was married to an American wife, and sending my... →

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