Firstly, Cornwell is reviving one of his most beloved characters: Uhtred of Bebbanburg, the Saxon warlord who carves a bloody ...

Arthurian literature may be a worldwide cottage industry, but Cornwell, author of the Sharpe series of historical military adventures (Sharpe's Battle, etc.) stands out from the crowd with this ...

Thirty-five years after first tackling the Napoleonic Wars with the Sharpe series that made his name, Bernard Cornwell is returning to the era for his non-fiction début. He is going straight to the ...

For more than 40 years Bernard Cornwell has been writing about his rebellious rifleman hero Richard Sharpe, played in the ...

BERNARD CORNWELL, 73, is the author of the Sharpe novels which were made into a TV series starring Sean Bean. His books about Saxon England, The Last Kingdom, have also been adapted for television.

The Netflix series The Last Kingdom has taken the world by storm, and it’s actually based on the wildly popular novel series by Bernard Cornwell of the same name. It’s safe to say that the television ...

Bernard Cornwell has no sympathy for fools in positions of power, in real life or fiction. Today his target is clear, as he ponders the human need for escapism — a longing that has driven millions to ...

The Saxon saga continues in the latest historical fiction from Bernard Cornwell. Keeping to the timeline, "The Empty Throne" has the Danes almost done and the soon-to-be English beginning the process ...

Toby Harnden meets Bernard Cornwell, the bestselling writer of adventure stories loved by both men and women, including the Sharpe series. Bernard Cornwell, Cape Cod. Bernard Cornwell has just ...

When you begin a new book, what comes first, plot or characters? 95 per cent of a book is finding a plot. I never know what’s going to happen and for me, one of the joys of writing is finding out what ...