Bernard Cornwell

On a sunlit afternoon in seventeenth-century Dorset, a young girl falls in love with a stranger. But when her Puritan brother tries to force her into an unbearable marriage she flees, taking with her only the gift left to her by her unknown father - a gold pendant sealed by an engraving of an axe, and the words 'St Matthew'. But it’s a perilous legacy that others will kill for …  Book 1 of series.

The Lazender family had been the envy and the pride of England for centuries. Never had they seemed more powerful or more wealthy. But Lazen Castle is, unknowingly, a house under siege. The Fallen Angels – among the most powerful and dangerous men in Europe – are plotting to bring revolution to England. To succeed, they need money, and the Lazender fortune can provide it.  Book 2 of series.

Thomas of Hookton, an archer in the army of Edward III, finds himself a fugitive, wanted by the French and the English. At the battle of Crecy he must decide where his loyalty lies!  Book 1 of series

After the battle of Crecy, Thomas Hookton is sent by the king to discover more about his father's strange inheritance which seems to be connected to the Holy Grail. Thomas realises that he is not the only person pursuing the Grail and that his rivals are ruthless. Contains some graphic violence. Book 2 of series

A truce is called between the French and the English after the fall of Calais in 1347. But Thomas of Hookton has still to confront his deadliest enemy, his cousin, Guy Vexille.  Book 3 of series

The Hundred Years War rages on and the bloodiest battles are yet to be fought across France. As the outnumbered English army becomes trapped near the town of Poitiers, Thomas of Hookton, an English archer known as Le Bâtard, his men and his sworn enemies meet in an extraordinary confrontation that ignites one of the greatest battles of all time.  Book 4 of series.

Paul Shanahan - part-time surveyor, erstwhile IRA arms dealer and sometime suspected CIA agent - is a full-time scoundrel. But he's the perfect man if you need an illicit operation done - and done well. So when five million dollars' worth of gold smuggled out of occupied Kuwait needs to get from Morocco to Miami by boat with no questions asked, Paul Shanahan is the name on everyone's lips...  Book 1 of series.

Nick Breakspear thinks he's opted for the easy life. But acting as nursemaid for the idle rich aboard the luxury yacht Wavebreaker in the Bahamas does have its downside. Especially when you come across a bullet-ridden boat not far from the infamous drug baron's hideaway island of Murder Cay. Most people would turn a blind eye. But Nick Breakspear isn't most people...  Book 3 of series.

Tim Blackburn sets out to find his brilliant but wayward daughter, Nicole, who has disappeared in the company of an environmental activist, who is leader of the Genesis community, notorious for their violence. Eventually, Blackburn, the hunter, becomes Blackburn the hunted, as he precipitates a terrifying confrontation with the evil he finds.  Book 4 of series.

When a senior British officer is captured by the forces of the Tippoo of Mysore during the siege of Seringapatam in 1799, Sharpe is offered a chance to attempt a rescue.  Book 1 of series.

The story begins with a treacherous attack by Maj. William Dodd, a British officer who has defected from the East India Company. Sharpe vows to take revenge, which leads him to serve with General Wellesley against the Maratha Army at Assaye.  Book 2 of series.

Sharpe has recently been made an officer, but is wishing that he had stayed a sergeant when he is shunned by his new regiment. The force are in pursuit of the Mahrattas and a renegade Englishman, William Dodd, who have taken refuge in Gawilghur, an impregnable fortress.  Book 3 of series.

Sharpe is returning to London from India to join the newly formed Green Jackets. Instead of the expected period of rest on the voyage home, he finds the ship is riven with treachery, and threatened by a French sea-raider.  Book 4 of series.

It is 1807 and Sharpe is back from India and has joined the Greenjackets. His army career is in ruins, and any future in the army is seemingly hopeless.  Book 5 of series.

It's 1809, and Napoleon's army is sweeping across Spain. Lieutenant Richard Sharpe is newly in command of the demoralized, distrustful men of the 95th Rifles. He must lead them to safety-and the only way of escape is a treacherous trek through the enemy-infested mountains of Spain.  Book 6 of series.

In 1809 Sharpe, part of a small British force in Portugal, is sent to find Kate Savage. Before he can discover her the French attack Portugal, and the city of Oporto falls, trapping him.  Book 7 of series.

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. As Sharpe leads his men in to battle, he knows he must fight for the honour of the regiment and his future career. Soldier, hero, rogue - Sharpe is the man you always want on your side. Born in poverty, he joined the army to escape jail and climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage. He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles whose green jacket he proudly wears.  Book 8 of series.

In order to save Wellington’s army from collapse, Richard Sharpe has to steal a cache of gold hidden in the Portuguese mountains.  Book 9 of series.

In September of 1810, just before repulsing the French army, Sharpe battles on, this time getting trapped by Portuguese traitors even as his company tries to save their country from French invasion.  Book 10 of series.

In the winter of 1811 the war seemed lost. Wellington and his British army are in Portugal, waiting for spring to spark the war to life again. Richard Sharpe and his company are part of a small expeditionary force sent to break a bridge across the River Guadiana.  Book 11 of series.

The year is 1811; Richard Sharpe is given responsibility for an Irish battalion of ceremonial troops. However they are not only poorly equipped but also untrained for battle.  Book 12 of series.

The year is 1812, and Richard Sharpe’s mission is to thwart Napoleon's dream of empire. Sharpe and his company must gain control of two fortress cities in Spain if Wellington's army is to succeed in their aim.  Book 13 of series.

Colonel Leroux is killing Britain's most valuable spies, and it's up to Richard Sharpe to stop him. Thrust into the unfamiliar world of political and military intrigue, Sharpe relentlessly pursues Leroux, determined to exact his revenge with the cold steel of his sword.  Book 14 of series.

Major Sharpe, newly promoted, is given the task of rescuing a group of well-born women, held hostage high in the mountains by a rabble of deserters. And one of the renegades is Sergeant Hakeswill, Sharpe’s bitter enemy.  Book 15 of series.

An unfinished duel, a midnight murder, and the treachery of a beautiful prostitute lead to the imprisonment of Sharpe. Caught in a web of political intrigue for which his military experience has left him fatally unprepared, Sharpe becomes a fugitive, a man hunted by both ally and enemy alike.  Book 16 of series.

Sharpe's men are in mortal danger, not from the French, but from the bureaucrats of Whitehall. Determined not to see his regiment die, Sharpe returns to England where he is forced into the most desperate gamble of his life and not even the Prince Regent's influence may be enough to save him.  Book 17 of series.

The invasion of France is under way and the British Navy has called upon the services of Major Richard Sharpe. He and a small force of riflemen are to capture a fortress and secure a landing on the French coast - one of the most dangerous missions of his career.  Book 18 of series.

Sharpe's French nemesis, Major Ducos, has stolen a fortune from Napoleon and framed Sharpe for the crime. As fugitives from the British Army and the restored French royalist regime, Sharpe, Frederickson and Harper travel across France and into Naples to find Ducos and clear themselves.  Book 19 of series.

Just as he comes face-to-face with his estranged wife and her lover at a grand society ball, news comes that the British-Prussian link is under attack. In the Battle of Waterloo, Sharpe once again plays a pivotal role in the outcome of a great British triumph.  Book 20 of series.

In his quest to discover the truth about the disappearance of the Donna Louisa Vivar's husband, Richard Sharpe is taken to Chile, where he soon finds himself caught up in the rebellion against Spanish rule and fighting alongside the flamboyant rebel admiral, Lord Thomas Cochrane.  Book 21 of series.

It is summer 1861 and the armies of the North and South stand on the brink of America’s civil war. Nathanial Starbuck, jilted by his girl and estranged from his family, arrives in the capital of the Confederate South, where he enlists in an elite regiment being raised by a rich, eccentric Washington Faulconer.  Book 1 of series.

Expelled from the Faulconer Legion, Starbuck must join the shadowy war of betrayal and espionage, where nothing is certain and no one can be trusted. Starbuck’s journey will take him across the blood-sodden battlefields of Virginia and into the deadly high command of the northern army.  Book 2 of series.

Captain Nate Starbuck has to survive and win with his ragged Company in a bitter struggle, not only against the formidable Northern army but equally in opposition to his own superiors - who would like nothing better than to see Starbuck dead and dishonoured…  Book 3 of series.

Book 4 of the 'Starbuck' series. Nate Starbuck, fighting for the rebel South, is given command of a punishment battalion; a despised unit of shirkers and cowards. His enemies expect it to be his downfall, as Starbuck must lead this ramshackle unit into a battle that will prove to be the bloodiest of the Civil War.

Set in the reign of Alfred the Great. Uhtred lost his parents, English nobles, at the age of ten, and was then raised in the Viking fashion by a Dane. As clashes between the English and the Danes increase he finds his loyalties are divided.  Book 1 of series

Most of England is now ruled by the Vikings, and Alfred has been forced to retreat to marshlands in Somerset. Uhtred, loyal to Alfred, infiltrates the Vikings' camps and councils to gather information. Soon, however, he transfer his allegiance to the Vikings.   Book 2 of series.