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Bernard Cornwell
A dramatic departure for the #1 bestseller. A gripping story of rivalry and ambition, loyalty and love set in the heart of Elizabethan England.
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The eighth 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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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…
The Sunday Times Number 1 Bestseller ‘A fabulous story, superbly told … cannot be bettered’ Max Hastings ‘Some battles change nothing. Waterloo changed almost everything.
Bernard Cornwell’s brilliant novel, reissued for fans to find out the story behind the stones. This is the tale of three brothers and of their rivalry that created this great…
At the fortress of the eagles, three kings will fight …
IN THE FINAL RECKONING, CHOOSE YOUR SIDE CAREFULLY… The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller and the epic conclusion to the globally bestselling historical series.
*Special collector’s edition with foiled signature on the board, exclusive to the first print run - pre-order now* SHARPE IS BACK. The brand new novel from Bernard Cornwell in the…
The heroic Richard Sharpe finds himself (after victory in Sharpe’s Trafalgar ) in Denmark, where he is fighting once again to keep the treacherous French troops at bay.
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…
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Captain Richard Sharpe, along with his company of redcoats and riflemen, must save Portugal from the invading French in this action-packed, rip-roaring entry in Cornwell’s New York Times bestselling adventure…
Capt. Richard Sharpe, upstart rifleman, performs a sensitive mission for Henry Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington’s younger brother and special envoy to Spain, in the latest installment in this New…
In this exciting sequel to The Archer’s Tale and Vagabond, the New York Times bestselling author concludes his tale of an epic quest for vengeance and the greatest prize in…
In the fifth volume in the bestselling Saxon Tales series, Cornwell–the reigning king of historical fiction ( USA Today )–resumes the saga of the birth of England, and of the…
The Washington Post has hailed Sharpe’s Battle as a book that combines those strengths that have come to characterize Bernard Cornwell’s fiction–immaculate historical reconstruction and the ability to tell a…
As a young man, Sharpe is an illiterate private who must pose as a deserter to oust the ruthless Tippoo of Mysore from his throne. The world may have a…
From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the first book in the Grail Series–the spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge…
The spellbinding sequel to The Archer’s Tale –the second in Cornwell’s acclaimed Grail Quest series–is a rousing epic of vengeance, blood, honor, and love.
After barely surviving a murderous act of treason by a bitter English officer who has joined the mercenary forces of the Mahratta confederation, young Richard Sharpe vows to hunt down…
Bernard Cornwell’s new novel is the tale of three brothers and of their rivalry that builds the great temple.
Fresh from his heroic adventures in India (in Sharpe’s Fortress ), Richard Sharpe faces a new enemy when the ship carrying him home is attacked by a formidable French warship…
The explosive grand finale of Richard Sharpe’s adventure in India finds the defenders of the fortress of Gawilghur standing between Sharpe and his reputation, his honor, and a sultan’s stolen…
The sequel to the New York Times bestseller The Last Kingdom continues the exhilarating adventures of Uhtred and King Alfred the Great. Uhtred discovers–in his moment of greatest peril–a newfound…
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 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…
First published in Great Britain in 1990 by Michael Joseph. A paperback edition was published in Great Britain in 1993 by Penguin Books –T.p. verso.
The greatest writer of historical adventures today ( Washington Post ) tackles his richest, most thrilling subject yet–the heroic tale of Agincourt. A commoner, a king, and a nation’s entire…
The fate of a young nation rests in the hands of a reluctant warrior in the thrilling sixth volume of the New York Times -bestselling Saxon Tales series. This latest…
Originally published, in a slightly different form, in Great Britain in 2012 by HarperCollins Publishers –Title page verso.
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. BBC2’s major Autumn 2015 TV…
Tim Blackburn fears that his daughter, Nicole, may be more than a prisoner of a cultish group of activists some might call terrorists. With an American journalist, who wants the…
Cornwell, the master of martial fiction ( Booklist ), brings Thomas of Hookton from the popular Grail Quest series into a new adventure in 1356, a thrilling stand-alone novel. Cornwell…
Originally published in Great Britain in 2015.
A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2015 by HarperCollins Publishers –Title page verso.
Now a major BBC America series –Cover.
Originally published in Great Britain in 2021 by HarperCollins Publishers. –Title page verso.
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…
In 1809, Napoleon’s army is sweeping across Spain. Lieutenant Richard Sharpe is newly in command of the demoralized, distrustful men of the 95th Rifles. He must lead them to safety–and…
A year after the victory at Talavera, Wellington’s army, outnumbered and bankrupt, is on the verge of collapse. It’s only hope lies in a cache of gold hidden in the…
Volume I in the new Warlord Chronicles series tells the story of Arthur and his doomed fight to save Britain from the Saxons. From the author of the Sharpe novels.
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Having reinvented the legend of Arthur in his bestselling The Winter King , Cornwell resumes his magical recreation of the well-known story in this sequel. After securing a fragile peace…
Describes King Arthur’s final battle with Mordred, who has summoned the power of the gods to help his evil cause.
Set firmly in Britain’s Dark Ages, The Winter King goes far beyond the usual tales of romance and chivalry to forever change the way the legend of Arthur is told…
From a bestselling author comes a saga of fidelity and betrayal that brings to center stage King Alfred the Great, one of the most crucial figures in English history. It…
Sharpe and Patrick Harper set sail for Chile in order to track down a friend gone missing. As a favor to Napoleon, they carry a seemingly harmless gift with them–one…
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Originally published in hardcover by HarperCollins Publishers (1993).
