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Bernard Cornwell
The gripping new novel from internationally bestselling master of historical fiction Bernard Cornwell - Pre-order now!
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A gripping novel featuring the legendary Richard Sharpe from Bernard Cornwell, the internationally bestselling master of historical fiction widely recognized as"the most prolific and successful historical novelist in the world…
It is the summer of 1812 and Richard Sharpe, recovering, is given an easy duty. The French are planning a lightning raid and Sharpe is in for a fight. Dyslexic…
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The tenth book in the epic and bestselling series that has gripped millions. A hero will be forged from this broken land. As seen on Netflix and BBC around the…
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New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns to the early years of the nineteenth century, capturing the bravery, battles, and bloodshed of Britain's peninsular wars with this epic tale…
Captain Richard Sharpe prepares to lead his men against the army of Napoleon at Talavera in what will be the bloodiest battle of the war. After their cowardly loss of…
An oath of loyalty. Two warring kings. A destiny he didn’t choose…
Map A John Gilkes 2020 –Copyright page.
*The brand new novel in the global bestselling series, SHARPE’S ASSASSIN, is available to buy now*
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Dr Michael Livingston
'Like Crecy itself, this book is a triumph and the tale it tells gives an old story new life.'- Bernard Cornwell, bestselling author of The Last Kingdom series
A groundbreaking…
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A year after the victory at Talavera, Wellington’s army, outnumbered and out of money, is on the verge of collapse. Its only hope lies in a cache of gold hidden…
Major Sharpe finds himself a fugitive, hunted by enemy and ally alike.
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SHARPE IS BACK. The global bestseller Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe.
Originally published in Great Britain in 2018 by HarperCollins Publishers –Title page verso.
The year is 885, and England is at peace, divided between the Danish kingdom to the north and the Saxon kingdom of Wessex in the south. But then trouble stirs…
The best Arthurian fiction since Gillian Bradshaw, if not Mary Stewart herself ( The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction ), Excalibur offers a brilliant conclusion to Cornwell’s popular Arthurian…
Johnny Rossendale has spent the last four years on the seas, away from the titled family he despises. But now he must turn his sailing cutter, the Sunflower, around and…
From the reigning king of historical fiction ( USA Today ) comes a triumphant novel of the American Revolution. Drawing from diaries and the transcripts of the inquiries and court…
In this engaging social history New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, "the most prolific and successful historical novelist in the world today" (Wall Street Journal), completes his epic Last…
Ian Ross
Adam de Norton faces his greatest trial in one of the most epic sieges in English history.
His father in prison for fraud, his ex-wife bleeding him dry and his spine shattered by a bullet, Falklands war hero Nick Sandman, VC, has no money and no prospects…
Published in Great Britain in 2015 by HarperCollins Publishers –Title page verso.
It is 1814 and the defeat of Napoleon seems imminent. But before Richard Sharpe can lay down his sword, he must fight a different sort of war. Accused of stealing…
The seventh novel in Bernard Cornwell’s number one bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
IN THE FINAL RECKONING, CHOOSE YOUR SIDE CAREFULLY… The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller and the epic conclusion to the globally bestselling historical series.
An unfinished duel, a midnight murder, and the treachery of a beautiful prostitute lead to the imprisonment of Sharpe. Caught in a web of political intrigue for which his military…
A band of renegades led by Sharpe’s vicious enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, holds a group of British and French women hostage on a strategic mountain pass. Outnumbered and attacked from two…
France’s most ruthless assassin failed to kill Captain Richard Sharpe on the first try. He will never get a second. Sharpe follows Leroux across the battlefield, determined to exact his…
One of England’s most dramatic victories, the battle of Agincourt is more than just history; it was immortalized by Shakespeare in Henry V. Cornwell, the greatest writer of historical adventures…
Nick Breakspear thinks he’s opted for the easy life, but acting as nursemaid for the idle rich aboard the luxury yacht Wavebreaker in the Bahamas does have its downside. Especially…
Series numbering from jacket flap of regular-print edition.
Published in Great Britain in 2017 by HarperCollins Publishers –Title page verso.
1820s Britain: after the wars with France, when unemployment was high and soldiers could be paid off, when the government was desperately afraid of social unrest, any crime was drastically…
Just as Sharpe comes face-to-face with his estranged wife and her lover at a grand society ball, news comes that the British-Prussian link is under attack. In the Battle of…
Tim Blackburn’s wife died in a ball of flame in the Channel, victim of a mystery bomber. His son had died years earlier in Northern Ireland, killed in a terrorist…
Cornwells third and most dramatic volume in the Saxon Chronicles is the story of the creation of modern England, as the English and the Danes become one people by sharing…
The eighth novel in Bernard Cornwell’s number one bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
A corrupt political plot threatens to put an end to the South Essex regiment and the life of Major Richard Sharpe when he investigates and discovers an illegal recruiting ring…
Paul Shanahan - part-time surveyor, erstwhile IRA arms dealer and sometime suspected CIA agent - is a full-time scoundrel. So when five million dollars’ worth of gold smuggled out of…
SHARPE IS BACK. The brand new novel from Bernard Cornwell in the global bestselling Sharpe series.
Philadelphia in 1777 is a city at war. Here ruthless Captain Kit Vane and beautiful Martha Crowl, passionate patriot Caroline and her idealist young lover Jonathon, unscrupulous Ezra Woollard and…
The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller and the epic conclusion to the globally bestselling historical series. A divided kingdom An impossible choice The ultimate battle …
