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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.
Cornwell then moved to the beginning of Sharpe's army career in British India, 1799, with Sharpe's Tiger (1997). 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.
On 5 March 2020, Cornwell announced on social media that the 13th book, War Lord, would be the final novel in the series. [5] Following is a list of the novels with their UK publication years. The Last Kingdom (2004) The Pale Horseman (2005) The Lords of the North (2006) Sword Song (2007) The Burning Land (2009) Death of Kings (2011) The Pagan ...
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.
He has a ladder moved to the spot and is the first man to climb it. Others follow, and the fort is taken. Sharpe's wife Teresa and another guerrilla leader, El Sacerdote (The Priest), help out with their men. The French, many of them poorly trained new recruits, are defeated, and many flee to Fort Ragusa, across the bridge.
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.