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 creating our fictional characters and, hopefully, telling a good story. The challenge… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
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 everything. But one hopes that the writer's belief in his characters is… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
“However much you may fall in love, do not waste that love on a woman who is not considerate in return.” — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
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… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
“The old man had smiled kindly. “It is in their nature, child. God has made woman the weaker vessel.” It was an old belief,… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
She was quiet for a moment or two. Then she said: Cruel words are a terrible thing, Quash. Sometimes you regret them. But what's… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
“I'll be damned if I'm going to miss the overture and finale when I've payed good money for it... You can go, but I'm… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
“It was politics and religion, in van Dyck’s private view, that made men dangerous. Trade made them wise.” — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
“True the greater part of the Irish people was close to starvation. The numbers of weakened people dying from disease were rising. So few… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
“Don't you know there's another bubble as well? An expectations bubble. Bigger houses, private planes, yachts... stupid salaries and bonuses. People come to desire… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
“Gotham admired Maeve. By day she managed money, and did it brilliantly, but she didn't find it satisfied her intellect. She spoke four languages.… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
Writing historical novels can be dangerous. We need to be as accurate and as fair about the historical record as we can be, at… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
Paris. City of love. City of dreams. City of splendor. City of saints and scholars. City of gaiety. Sink of iniquity. — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
