Death of Kings is the latest installment in Bernard Cornwell’s Saxon series. It is set for release January of 2012.
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The master of historical fiction presents the iconic story of King Alfred and the making of a nation.As the ninth century wanes, England appears about to be plunged into chaos once more. For the Viking-raised […]
Filed under: Vikings, Anglo-Saxons, Bernard Cornwell, Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction on September 22nd, 2011 | No Comments »
Sword Song: The Battle for London (Saxon Stories Book #4) by Bernard Cornwell
Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Reprint edition (December 23, 2008)
ISBN-10: 0061379743
Sword Song is the fourth book in Bernard Cornwell’s Saxon series. This series is becoming one of my favorites of all time. The third book, Lords of the North, was exceptionally good, but […]
Filed under: Bernard Cornwell, Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Book Reviews on February 15th, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (January 2, 2008)
ISBN-10: 0061149047
The year is 878, and Uhtred is returning home to Northumbria at the hands of the Three Spinners. Lords of the North is the third book in the Saxon Chronicles series (following The Last Kingdom and The Pale Horseman), and we […]
Filed under: Bernard Cornwell, Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction on January 11th, 2010 | 9 Comments »
The Bernard Cornwell Bookgroup blog discusses everything related to the historical fiction author, including: novels (past, present and future), biographical information, suggested non-fiction as it relates to a particular series (e.g. - The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings by Peter Sawyer to go along with the medieval-based Saxon Series), news and resource links. Bernard Cornwell’s next […]
Filed under: Bernard Cornwell on June 23rd, 2009 | 8 Comments »
The upcoming medieval historical fiction novel Azincourt by Bernard Cornwell is slated to be released November 1, 2008 in the UK. Originally planned for release in October, the novel got pushed to the following month instead. I wrote briefly about Azincourt back in March. Below is the cover art for the novel. The British cover […]
Filed under: Bernard Cornwell, Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction on September 12th, 2008 | 6 Comments »
The historical fiction novel Heretic by Bernard Cornwell is the third and final novel in the Grail Quest Series. For years, Thomas of Hookton has sought the truth of his family and the secrets behind the Holy Grail. It is the time of the Hundred Years War between England and France, and Thomas, along with […]
Filed under: Bernard Cornwell, Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction on September 4th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The last review I did was on the historical fiction novel The Archer’s Tale by Bernard Cornwell, and I thought I would go ahead and finish out the series before moving on to other books.
Vagabond is the second installment in The Grail Quest Series by Bernard Cornwell, and the story continues with Thomas of Hookton […]
Filed under: Bernard Cornwell, Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Book Reviews on August 28th, 2008 | No Comments »
I was looking over my site and realized I don’t write as many reviews of novels as I would like to. So I thought I’d go back through the list of books I’ve read over the years and write reviews on them. I normally like to review novels immediately after I’ve read them, but there […]
Filed under: Bernard Cornwell, Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Book Reviews on August 4th, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Two armies face off across an open field. You’ve set the scene; the battle is about to begin, but what do you do now? How do you capture the chaos and frenzy of hand-to-hand combat on paper? Do you try to gather a sweeping panorama of the battle from an omniscient narrator’s point-of-view, pulling back […]
Filed under: Bernard Cornwell, Writing Tips, Novel, Creative Writing on July 3rd, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I thought I would start a series of author profiles, highlighting a new author each week. The profiles are intended to give you some background information about each author: where they grew up, how they got started, what they’ve written, things of that nature. I thought I would start with Bernard Cornwell, since he’s my […]
Filed under: Bernard Cornwell, Authors, Historical Fiction on June 19th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
