Topic: Bernard Cornwell
Age: 53. . Place of Birth: Liverpool. . Lives: "On Merseyside". . Education: Quarry Bank Comprehensive, now Calderstones School, Allerton;...
Handout. . This year's International Festival of Authors, which takes place between October 19 and 30 in Toronto, features nearly 200 participants...
Michael Mann, who last directed Public Enemies, is closing in on his next picture. He's getting serious about Gold, a contemporary Treasure of the ...
For many years now, I have passed by Bernard Cornwell's books and apart from the odd Sharpe that I have caught on television, I know very little about his work. It is the eighteen twenties and Rider Sandman, the son of ...
Bernard Cornwell has written a fair few series of novels based on historical characters (such as Alfred the Great), as well as everyday folk in historical settings (Sharpe, and Thomas of Hookton in the Grail Quest series). The paperback version, which came ...
Published in late 2007, 'Sword Song' is the fourth book in the 'Saxon/Alfred the Great' series by historical fiction legend Bernard Cornwell, and comes after the books 'The Last Kingdom', 'The Pale Horseman' and 'The Lords of the North'. Bernard Cornwell ...
Most nautical fiction seems to have been written for the Napoleonic era - few other modern times give an author enough scope to develop his character over many novels, and provide enough foes to provide frequent promotions. CS Forester's series was long ...
American journalist Stephen Crane wrote about his ordeal at sea after the ship he was traveling on, the USS Commodore, sank en route to Cuba. The Hundred Years War, however, had long passed when Bernard Cornwell wrote "The Archer's Tale," a ...
Bernard Cornwell, who is renown for the legendary Richard Sharpe series, which is set during the Napoleonic Wars, is a inventive writer who wrote a variety of books, including novels and thrillers. He is basically a historical novelist.
His books were widely ...
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A Conversation with Bernard Cornwell
A conversation with Bernard Cornwell about how he became a ...2008-10-24 -
Bernard Cornwell - The Burning Land
The author Bernard Cornwell talks about his latest novel from ...2009-09-01 -
Bernard Cornwell Part 1of6
Author Bernard Cornwell is interviewed by Barbara Peters of Poisoned ...2007-05-14
