Edward Rutherfurd and James A. Michener write thoroughly researched historical sagas that follow a few families' lives over the history of a chosen locale. Their sagas include informative...

Like Edward Rutherfurd, Morgan Llywelyn writes historical fiction, focusing on the British Isles and particularly Ireland. While both authors focus on individuals whose destinies are...

Edward Rutherford and Ken Follett often use historical figures among their secondary characters to emphasize culture clashes, dramatize provocative historical issues, and illustrate...

Leon Uris has a similar gift for telling epic stories of culture clashes through history as seen from ordinary people's viewpoints. Uris is considerably more partisan than Edward Rutherfurd,...

Anna Lee Waldo's diligent research, strong plotting, and an assortment of well-rendered characters will appeal to lovers of meaty historical epics like Edward Rutherfurd's. Although...

Unlike Edward Rutherfurd, Barbara Wood writes her novels from a decidedly feminine viewpoint. Still, readers who enjoy Rutherfurd's slice-of-history epics may want to try her recent...

For readers who enjoy Edward Rutherfurd's style but also enjoy non-European settings, William Martin is a good bet, with his sprawling historical epics about Massachusetts' long and...

The well-developed characters in Beverly Swerling's American historical epics come from all strata of society, as does Edward Rutherfurd's. -- Katherine Johnson

These authors' works have the appeal factors leisurely paced, and they have the subjects "princes," "royal houses," and "rulers."

These authors' works have the subjects "princes," "aristocracy," and "royal houses."