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Bernard Cornwell OBE (born 23 February 1944) is a British-American author of historical novels and a history of the Waterloo Campaign. He is best known for his long-running series of novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe. He has also written The Saxon Stories, a series of thirteen novels about the unification of England.
Cornwell's best known books feature the adventures of Richard Sharpe, a British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. The first 11 books of the Sharpe series (beginning in chronological order with Sharpe's Rifles and ending with Sharpe's Waterloo, published in the US as Waterloo) detail Sharpe's adventures in various Peninsular War campaigns over the course of 6–7 years.
Red Coat (Pretty Little Liars), a fictional character; Red Coats, the English title for Giubbe rosse an Italian film; Redcoats, a 2019 play about holiday camps; Redcoats, a series on the lives of Butlins Redcoats; Redcoats (Australian band), a rock band in Melbourne, Australia; The Redcoats (American band), an American rock band
Pages in category "Novels by Bernard Cornwell" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Fort is a 2010 historical novel written by Bernard Cornwell which relates to the events of the Penobscot Expedition of 1779 during the American Revolutionary War. [1] The novel centers on the efforts of the British to establish and hold the fort against superior numbers of American patriots, and it contrasts the actions of John Moore and Paul Revere.
It is Cornwell's first work of nonfiction, [2] after publishing more than forty novels in the historical fiction genre, including the popular Richard Sharpe series taking place during the Napoleonic Wars. The book recounts the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815, including preceding events from the campaign of the same name and The Hundred Days.
Author Bernard Cornwell has admitted that he regrets finishing the character off, as he has struggled since to create an antagonist of equal depravity and energy. In the TV adaptations, Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill was played by Pete Postlethwaite. His character follows a similar arc to the later novels, including his framing of Harper, attack on ...
Short stories by Bernard Cornwell (3 P) Pages in category "Works by Bernard Cornwell" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.