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Bernard Cornwell was born in London in 1944. He was adopted at six weeks old by a family in Essex who belonged to a strict religious sect called the Peculiar People who forbade television, alcohol, cigarettes, dances and toy guns. After graduating, and working as a teacher, he joined BBC Television where he worked for the next 10 years working his way from researcher to Head of Current Affairs Television for the BBC in Northern Ireland. In 1979, his life changed when he met and fell in love with Judy, a visiting American. Judy was unable to move to Britain for family reasons so Bernard went to the States where he was refused a Green Card, so for eighteen months he wrote novels; the only job that didn't require a permit. The hugely successful Sharpe series was born with the publication of Sharpe's Eagle, the first of twenty books about the 19th century hero, Richard Sharpe.

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Azincourt by Bernard Cornwell

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An extraordinary and dramatic depiction of the legendary battle of Azincourt from the number one historical novelist Agincourt, fought on October 25th 1415, St Crispin's Day, is one of England's best-known battles, in part through the brilliant depiction of it in Shakespeare's Henry V, in part because it was a...

Harlequin by Bernard Cornwell

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Thomas of Hookton is one of those archers. When his village is sacked by French raiders, he makes a promise to God: to retrieve the relic stolen from Hookton's church. Escaping his father's ambitions, he becomes a wild youth who delights in the life of an army on the warpath. Driven by his conscience and protected...

The Winter King: A Novel of Arthur by Bernard Cornwell

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Uther, the High King of Britain, has died, leaving the infant Mordred as his only heir. His uncle, the loyal and gifted warlord Arthur, now rules as caretaker for a country which has fallen into chaos - threats emerge from within the British kingdoms while vicious Saxon armies stand ready to invade. As he struggles...