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3 days ago · A Night In With Bernard Cornwell. Join Bernard Cornwell live in conversation on 14th October (20.30 UK time) when he talks to historian and journalist Dan Jones about the epic conclusion of the globally bestselling The Last Kingdom series.
- The Last Kingdom Series
The Last Kingdom Series. The Saxon Stories tell the tale of...
- Uhtred's Feast
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- Books
The final Last Kingdom book was published in 2020, but for...
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Bernard Cornwell was born in London in 1944 – a ‘warbaby’ –...
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- Grail Quest
Grail Quest. The first book of the series is Harlequin,...
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Bernard Cornwell was born in London in 1944, as a child of war. His mother was a English citizen in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. His father was an airman for the Canadian airforce. But he was an “illegitimate” child and his parents put him up for adoption. Later Cornwell was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Wiggins of Thundersley, Essex. The Wiggins wer...
When he was a boy, Cornwell read C.S. Forester’s novels which chronicle the adventures of Horatio Hornblower, a fictional British navy officer in the Napoleonic wars. Motivated by a need to make a living, Cornwell decided to write a series about one of the characters, Lord Wellington, and his campaigns on land. He named his main character Richard S...
The Sharpe series was the first series undertaken by Cornwell. The first 11 books of the series involves Sharpe’ s adventures in the Peninsular War over 6-7 years. Cornwell decided to write a prequel quintet to the first 11 books – Sharpe’s Tiger, Sharpe’s Triumph, Sharpe’s Fortress, Sharpe’s Trafalgar, and Sharpe’s Prey. This quintet follows Sharp...
The first book in the Richard Sharpe series put Cornwell on the map. This gritty portrayal of the Napoleonic War set in Talavera introduces Captain Richard Sharpe. After a devastating defeat and the theft of their colors, Sharpe’s regiment begins to turn on him. He must fight to regain his honor and the loyalty of his men.
The second book in the Sharpe series finds sSharpe and his regiment in trouble when his regiment runs out of money and supplies. Their only hope lies in finding a Portuguese treasure. To do this, Sharpe might have to betray his men.
After publishing his first eight novels, Cornwell was approached by a production company about turning the Sharpe series into a television show. But they asked him to write another book so they would have a starting point for the television show. As a result, Cornwell wrote Sharpe’s Rifle. The television show was filmed for ITV. It starred Sean Bea...
Bernard Cornwell OBE (born 23 February 1944) is a British-American author of historical novels and a history of the Waterloo Campaign. He is best known for his novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe.
- THE SHARPE SERIES. SHARPE’S TIGER. SHARPE’S TRIUMPH. SHARPE’S FORTRESS. SHARPE’S TRAFALGAR. SHARPE’S PREY. SHARPE’S RIFLES. SHARPE’S HAVOC. SHARPE’S EAGLE. SHARPE’S GOLD.
- THE WARLORD CHRONICLES.
- (THE ARTHUR BOOKS) THE WINTER KING. ENEMY OF GOD. EXCALIBUR.
- THE GRAIL QUEST SERIES. HARLEQUIN/THE ARCHER’S TALE. VAGABOND. HERETIC.
Bernard Cornwell Average rating: 4.25 · 1,038,282 ratings · 45,296 reviews · 456 distinct works • Similar authors The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1)
Bernard Cornwell's career started in 1981 with Sharpe's Eagle. He has been a prolific historical novelist since then, having published more than 60 novels.
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