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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.
The protagonist of the series is Derfel Cadarn (pronounced Derv-el), based on the part-legendary Saint Derfel and on Bedivere. Cornwell's Derfel is a Saxon brought up as a Briton by Merlin, the greatest of all Druids. In the course of the story, he becomes a great warrior and one of Arthur's warlords in his war against the Saxons.
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.
This began a series of five prequel books, closing with Sharpe's Prey (2003) which depicts the Siege of Copenhagen in 1807. Between 2003 and 2007, Cornwell wrote three novels set between Sharpe's Rifles and Sharpe's Battle. He returned to the series in 2021 and has written three additional novels, set between Sharpe's Company and Sharpe's Devil.
The Starbuck Chronicles are a series of historical fiction novels by British author Bernard Cornwell set during the American Civil War. They follow the exploits of Boston-born Confederate officer Nathaniel Starbuck. Four novels have been written, and the series is still unfinished due to Cornwell's commitment to other projects.
Richard Sharpe books (24 P) S. The Saxon Stories (14 P) T. Thomas of Hookton novels (5 P) W. The Warlord Chronicles (4 P) Pages in category "Novels by Bernard Cornwell"