Bernard Cornwell

Nono secolo dopo Cristo. La terra degli Angli è dominata da un regno di guerrieri sassoni retto dal pio re Alfredo. Uhtred, giovane erede legittimo del titolo di aldermanno di Bebbanburg, allevato dai danesi ma tornato tra le braccia della fede cristiana, ha combattuto duramente per il suo re

Terra degli Angli, Anno del Signore 866. Quello che un giorno diventerà il regno d'Inghilterra è ancora una terra divisa in piccoli territori guidati da sovrani barbarici, appena convertiti al cristianesimo.

From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the first exciting adventure in the world-renownedSharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty’s Army at the siege of Seringapatam. “The greatest writer of historical adventures today.”...

Bernard Cornwell creates a dramatic saga of one of greatest wonders of the ancient world....

"The greatest writer of historical adventures today." —Washington Post Critically acclaimed, perennial New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell (Agincourt, The Fort, the Saxon Tales) makes real history come alive in his breathtaking historical fiction. Praised as "the direct heir to...

Bernard Cornwell’s epic story of the making of England continues in this eleventh installment in the bestselling Saxon Tales series—"like Game of Thrones, but real" (The Observer)—the basis of the hit Netflix television series The Last Kingdom. His blood is Saxon His heart is Viking His...

Blodfejder, had, bedrag og desperat heltemod følger i kølvandet på de danske vikingers erobringer i 800-tallets England. Byer brændes af, frygtelige slag udkæmpes, kvinder gøres til enker, og børn bliver faderløse.

Nationen er delt, hvilket i højere grad skyldes interne magtkampe end truslen fra vikingerne. Mercias konge ligger for døden uden en arving...

1814. Napoleons endgültige Niederlage steht unmittelbar bevor – vorausgesetzt, die gut befestigte Stadt Toulouse kann erobert werden. Captain Richard Sharpe nimmt noch einmal all seine Kraft zusammen und führt seine Truppen zum Sieg.

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 today” (Wall Street Journal). The year is 1813. France is a...

The year is 1820 and England has fought its last victorious battle against the French. Rider Sandman, a hero of Waterloo, has finally returned to London to wed his young bride. But instead of being able to settle down to his fame and glory, he finds himself penniless in a country where...

From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the sequel to The Archer’s Tale and Vagabond—the spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family’s honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail. Already a seasoned veteran of King...

From the New York Times bestselling author comes the definitive, illustrated history of one of the greatest battles ever fought—a riveting nonfiction chronicle published to commemorate the two-hundreth anniversary of Napoleon's last stand. On June 18, 1815, the armies of France, Britain, and...

The tenth installment of Bernard Cornwell’s New York Times bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit television series. Britain is in a state of uneasy peace...

New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell makes a dramatic departure with this enthralling, action-packed standalone novel that tells the story of the first production of A Midsummer Night's Dream—as related by William Shakespeare’s estranged younger brother. Lord, what fools these...

La saga épique à l'origine de la série Netflix The Last Kingdom ! Servir ou régner ? Alors que la bataille pour l'Angleterre fait rage, Uhtred, guerrier, païen et ennemi juré des Vikings, se trouve à la croisée des chemins. Même si on lui a offert une couronne, il reste un homme de parole.

Det er år 885, og der er fred i England. Landet er delt i to: det danske rige mod nord og det saksiske rige Wessex mod syd. Uthred har slået sig ned; han har kone, børn og har fra Alfred fået til opgave at holde grænsen mod Themsen.

Vi er nået til år 878, hvor romanens hovedperson Uhtred, der er sakser af fødsel, men opfostret af danske vikinger, har begivet sig mod de nordliggende kongeriger i England for at vinde sin barndoms borg og titel tilbage – og for at bekæmpe sine to barndomsfjender Kjartan den Grusomme og Sven den En

England er i krise ved starten af det tiende århundrede. Alfred den Store er død, og Edward, hans søn, regerer som konge. Uhtred, en af Alfreds største krigere, som nu er i unåde hos den nye konge, må lede en hær af udstødte i nord for at generobre sit gamle hjem, fæstningen Bebbanburg.

The ninth installment of Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit BBC America television series. A fragile peace reigns in Wessex, Mercia and...