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