Bernard Cornwell
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Bernard Cornwell

Action & Adventure | Fiction | Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Bernard Cornwell was born in London and worked in television until he met his American wife and moved to the US. Denied a work permit, he wrote a novel and has been writing ever since. A master storyteller with a passion for history, his current bestselling series, THE LAST KINGDOM, is centred around the creation of England. It is also a major TV series on Netflix, with Bernard playing a cameo role in season three. The fourth season is currently being filmed. He is also the author of THE GRAIL QUEST series, set in the Hundred Years’ War, THE WARLORD chronicles, set in Arthurian Britain, a number of standalone novels, one non-fiction work on Waterloo and the series with which he began, the SHARPE series. For exciting news, tour and publication details, and exclusive content from Bernard visit www.bernardcornwell.net and like his author page on Facebook/Bernard.Cornwell

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  • War of the Wolf cover art

    • War of the Wolf

    • By: Bernard Cornwell
    • Narrated by: Matt Bates
    • Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 703
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 641
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 641

    Uhtred of Bebbanburg has won back his ancestral home, but, threatened from all sides by enemies both old and new, he doesn’t have long to enjoy the victory....

    • 4 out of 5 stars

    • Audible got this very wrong

    • By Amazon Customer on 26-10-18

    Regular price: £12.99

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    • The Last Kingdom

    • The Last Kingdom Series, Book 1
    • By: Bernard Cornwell
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
    • Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,274
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1,169
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,170

    The first book in a brand-new series, The Last Kingdom is set in England during the reign of King Alfred....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Fate is unstoppable

    • By A D MCCLENAGHAN on 13-12-14

    Regular price: £14.49

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  • Sharpe's Tiger: The Siege of Seringapatam, 1799 (The Sharpe Series, Book 1) cover art

    • Sharpe's Tiger: The Siege of Seringapatam, 1799 (The Sharpe Series, Book 1)

    • By: Bernard Cornwell
    • Narrated by: Rupert Farley
    • Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 777
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 723
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 717

    Richard Sharpe avoids the tyrannical Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill and endeavours to rescue a British officer from under the nose of the Tippoo of Mysore....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • At the Sharpe Start

    • By Simon on 20-09-15

    Regular price: £14.49

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    • The Winter King

    • The Warlord Chronicles, Book 1
    • By: Bernard Cornwell
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
    • Length: 19 hrs and 55 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 683
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 623
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 627

    Uther, the High King of Britain, has died, leaving the infant Mordred as his only heir....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Simply Brilliant

    • By Matt on 29-08-14

    Regular price: £16.99

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    • Sharpe's Eagle: The Talavera Campaign, July 1809

    • The Sharpe Series, Book 8
    • By: Bernard Cornwell
    • Narrated by: Rupert Farley
    • Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 462
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 419
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 415

    The newly promoted Captain Richard Sharpe clashes with an incompetent colonel, leads his men in the battle of Talavera and earns himself a dangerous enemy....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Excellently read.

    • By K. M. Woodhouse on 05-10-15

    Regular price: £12.99

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  • The Flame Bearer cover art

    • The Flame Bearer

    • The Last Kingdom Series, Book 10
    • By: Bernard Cornwell
    • Narrated by: Matt Bates
    • Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,060
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 971
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 966

    The brand-new novel in Bernard Cornwell's number one best-selling series on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Another brilliant story

    • By Judy on 02-01-17

    Regular price: £12.99

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    • Sword Song

    • The Last Kingdom Series, Book 4
    • By: Bernard Cornwell
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
    • Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 778
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 711
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 710

    The fourth in the best-selling Alfred series from number one historical novelist, Bernard Cornwell....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Another excellent story in the series

    • By Jane on 26-09-18

    Regular price: £12.99

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  • Sharpe's Rifles: The French Invasion of Galicia, January 1809 cover art

    • Sharpe's Rifles: The French Invasion of Galicia, January 1809

    • The Sharpe Series, Book 6
    • By: Bernard Cornwell
    • Narrated by: Rupert Farley
    • Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 502
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 455
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 452

    Lieutenant Richard Sharpe and a detachment of riflemen join the assault of a strong French force holding the Holy City of Santiago de Compostela....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Fantastic

    • By Adam Turner on 30-07-18

    Regular price: £12.99

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  • Sharpe's Fortress: The Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803 (The Sharpe Series, Book 3) cover art

    • Sharpe's Fortress: The Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803 (The Sharpe Series, Book 3)

    • By: Bernard Cornwell
    • Narrated by: Rupert Farley
    • Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 547
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 502
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 500

    Ensign Richard Sharpe, newly made an officer, wishes he had stayed a sergeant after he is put in terrible danger by Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill at the impregnable Gawilghur's ravine....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • High Octane from the Very Start

    • By Simon on 14-10-15

    Regular price: £14.49

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  • Sharpe's Havoc: The Northern Portugal Campaign, Spring 1809 cover art

    • Sharpe's Havoc: The Northern Portugal Campaign, Spring 1809

    • The Sharpe Series, Book 7
    • By: Bernard Cornwell
    • Narrated by: Rupert Farley
    • Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 427
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 375
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 372

    A small British army is stranded when the French invade northern Portugal and Lieutenant Richard Sharpe meets the future Duke of Wellington....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Bernard Cornwell , Research that takes you to away

    • By Amazon Customer on 17-06-19

    Regular price: £14.49

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