Bernard Cornwell

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.

An extraordinary and dramatic depiction of the legendary battle of Agincourt from the number one historical novelist

Agincourt, fought on October 25th 1415, on St Crispin's Day, is one of the best known battles, in part through the brilliant depiction of it in Shakespeare's Henry V, in part because it was a brilliant and unexpected English victory and in part because it was the first battle won by the use of the longbow - a weapon developed by the English which enabled them to dominate the European battlefields for the rest of the century.

Bernard Cornwell's Azincourt is a vivid, breathtaking and meticulously well researched account of this momentous battle and its aftermath. From the varying viewpoints of nobles, peasants, archers, and horsemen, Azincourt skilfully brings to life the hours of relentless fighting, the desperation of an army crippled by disease and the exceptional bravery of the English soldiers.

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.

King Alfred of Wessex is in failing health, and his heir is an untested youth. The Danes, who have failed so many times to conquer Wessex, smell opportunities. But Alfred still has the services of Uhtred, his unwilling warlord, who leads the Vikings into a trap and inflicts one of the greatest defeats they were ever to suffer.  Book 5 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.

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.

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.

King Alfred is dying and his passing threatens the island of Britain to renewed warfare. Alfred wants his son, Edward, to succeed him but there are other Saxon claimants to the throne as well as ambitious pagan Vikings to the north.  Book 6 of series.

The ruler of Mercia is dying, leaving no apparent heir. An empty throne leaves the kingdom exposed to rival West Saxons and to the Vikings, who are on a bloody rampage once more. A hero is needed, a hero who has been in battle all his life, who can destroy the double threat to Mercia. A hero who will ultimately decide the fate of a nation...  Book 8 of series.

After one last battle, Arthur will rule a peaceful kingdom, but he has forgotten the Gods, who thrive on chaos. His plans are thrown into turmoil as the search begins for thirteen sacred objects. Book 2 of series.

A tale of love, war, loyalty and betrayal that begins with Lancelot's failed rebellion and the ruin of Arthur's marriage. Sensing disunity, the Saxons declare war. Although Arthur is victorious, he makes promises that will come back and haunt him.  Book 3 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.

Britain is in a state of uneasy peace and so England’s greatest warrior, Uhtred of Bebbanburg, finally has the chance to take back Bebbanburg. But the enemies Uhtred has made distract him and he will need all the skills he has learned in a lifetime of war to make his dream come true.   Book 10 of series.

In the heart of Elizabethan England young actor, Richard Shakespeare, is struggling to make his way in a company dominated by his estranged older brother, William. As the growth of theatre blooms, their rivalry – and Richard’s onetime gratitude, sours and he is sorely tempted to abandon family loyalty.

Summer 1779. Seven hundred and fifty British soldiers and three small ships of the Royal Navy. Their orders: to build a fort from which to control the New England seaboard. Forty-one American ships and over nine hundred men. Their orders: to expel the British. The battle that followed was a classic example of how the best-laid plans can be disrupted by personality and politics, and of how warfare can bring out both the best and worst in men.

In 1817 artist Charles Corday has only a week to live after being found guilty of murder. The government employ Rider Sandman to confirm Corday's guilt, but he finds that the evidence does not fit the verdict. Can he save an innocent man from the gallows?

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

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

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

Uhtred wants revenge. He wants the land and castle that are his. He wants his treacherous uncle to pay for taking them. Heading north with his lover, former nun Hild, he finds chaos as the Vikings battle among themselves to consolidate their hold on the region. Then Uhtred suffers a betrayal to rival the treachery that deprived him of his birthright. It will leave him trapped with no hope of escape …  Book 3 of series.

Alfred the Great is dead and Edward his son reigns as king, but peace cannot hold. The Danes in the north, led by Viking Cnut Longsword, stand ready to invade and will never rest until the emerald crown is theirs. Loyalties will be divided and men will fall, as every Saxon kingdom is drawn into the bloodiest battle yet with the Danes.  Book 7 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.

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.

Philadelphia in 1777 is a city at war - not just between American troops and the British army, but within itself. For an occupied city throws together loyalist and patriot, soldier and civilian, man and woman; divides families and breeds treachery.

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.

Johnny Rossendale has spent the last four years on the seas, away from the titled family he despises. But returning home for his mother's funeral, he soon finds himself playing a game of very high stakes. His family are hostile towards him, and the police are suspicious when a painting goes missing. Everyone thinks Johnny knows where it is and someone is even prepared to kill for it.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.