The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 9 books · 1987 to 2021

Edward Rutherfurd

Historical fictionFamily saga

Edward Rutherfurd writes huge historical sagas of a single place, following a handful of families over centuries, from the first settlers to the present: Sarum, London, New York, Paris and others.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip. Each novel stands alone; the recurring families within each book are charted.

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Edward Rutherfurd books in order

Each series in publication order, with its lead characters. Where the story runs in a different order, switch to Story order. Crossover books are marked and listed under their main series. Use My books to track what you have read.

Novels

9 booksFamily saga
  1. 1Sarum1987Set in SalisburyBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Russka1991With The Bobrov family · Set in RussiaBuy on Amazon
  3. 3London1997With The Ducket family and The Bull family · Set in LondonBuy on Amazon
  4. 4The Forest2000Set in the New ForestBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Dublin: Foundation2004Set in DublinBuy on Amazon
  6. 6Ireland: Awakening2006Set in DublinBuy on Amazon
  7. 7New York2009With The Master family · Set in New YorkBuy on Amazon
  8. 8Paris2013With The de Cygne family · Set in ParisBuy on Amazon
  9. 9China2021Set in ChinaBuy on Amazon

Characters

5 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Families