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Edward Rutherfurd

British Writer

Born: 1948

First Love Me Myself Paris Writing

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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 creating our fictional characters and, hopefully, telling a good story. The challenge is weaving the fiction into the history. Edward Rutherfurd

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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 novels on London and New York, I found wonderful historical atlases. Paris has the most lavish maps of all. Edward Rutherfurd

For me, playing music while I write is important. Several of the romantic scenes in 'Paris' were written with Debussy's 'String Quartet,' his 'L'Apres-midi d'une Faune,' or Canteloube's 'Songs of the Auvergne' playing in the background. Edward Rutherfurd

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

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