Bernard Cornwell
384 works
Bernard Cornwell (born 23 February 1944 in London) is a British writer of historical fiction. Adopted as a baby and raised in Essex by members of the Peculiar People, a pacifist sect, he read history at University College London and worked in television for the BBC and Thames News before turning to novels. He is best known for Sharpe, a sequence of twenty-three novels begun in 1981 and set during the Napoleonic Wars, and for The Saxon Stories (2004-2020, thirteen books), adapted for television as The Last Kingdom by the BBC and Netflix. His other series include The Starbuck Chronicles (1993-1996), The Warlord Chronicles (1995-1997) and The Grail Quest (2000-2012). He was appointed OBE in 2006.
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Bernard Cornwell (born 23 February 1944 in London) is a British writer of historical fiction. Adopted as a baby and raised in Essex by members of the Peculiar People, a pacifist sect, he read history at University College London and worked in television for the BBC and Thames News before turning to novels. He is best known for Sharpe, a sequence of twenty-three novels begun in 1981 and set during the Napoleonic Wars, and for The Saxon Stories (2004-2020, thirteen books), adapted for television as The Last Kingdom by the BBC and Netflix. His other series include The Starbuck Chronicles (1993-1996), The Warlord Chronicles (1995-1997) and The Grail Quest (2000-2012). He was appointed OBE in 2006.
Series
4 seriesSharpe3 volumesFollow the series so nothing slips by
The Last Kingdom Series7 volumesFollow the series so nothing slips by
The Last Kingdom4 volumesFollow the series so nothing slips by
The Sharpe Series3 volumesFollow the series so nothing slips by
Published
200 works · 2005–20262026
- ReleasedMay 7Sharpes Storm_sharpe S19 Ex PBPaperback
- ReleasedFeb 18
2025
- ReleasedOct 21The Sharpe's StormPaperback
- ReleasedOct 16