EDWARD RUTHERFURD was born in Salisbury, England, and educated at Cambridge University and Stanford University in California. His bestselling novel Sarum is based on the history of Salisbury and Stonehenge. Russka, his second novel, recounts the sweeping history of Russia. London tells the two-thousand-year story of the great city, bringing all of the richness of London’s past unforgettably to life. In The Forest, Edward Rutherfurd returns to the Sarum area, to England’s legendary and mysterious New Forest. The Princes of Ireland captures the origins of the Celtic tradition and the colorful history of old Ireland, centering on Dublin—where Edward Rutherfurd has had a home for more than ten years. A former resident of London and New York City, he has two children.