In 1347 the English capture Calais and the war with France is suspended by a truce. But for Thomas of Hookton there is no end to the fighting. He is pursuing the Grail, the most sacred of Christendom's relics, and is sent to his homeland to engineer a confrontation with his deadliest enemy.

Grai Quest ; Tome 3: Heretic

The third volume in the Starbuck Chronicles. The battle for control of Richmond, the Confederate capital, continues through the hot summer of 1862.

 Captain Nate Starbuck, yankee fighting for the Southern cause, has to survive and win with his ragged Company in the bitter struggle not only against the formidable Northern army but equally in opposition to his own superiors who would like nothing better than to see Nate Starbuck dead and dishonoured.

 Starbuck's courage is tested to the limit in his desperate manoeuvres to retrieve his own and the Legion's honour in this the thrid narrative of Bernard Cornwell's sweeping epic of the American Civil War.

Battle Flag

The  first book  in the  epic and bestselling series  that has gripped millions.  A hero will be forged from this broken land.  As seen on Netflix and BBC around the world.  In a land torn apart by conflict, an orphan boy has come of age. Raised by the Vikings, deadly enemies of his own Saxon people, Uhtred is a fierce and skilled warrior who kneels to no-one.  Alfred - Saxon, king, man of god - fights to hold the throne of the only land still resisting the pagan northerners.  Uhtred and Alfred''s fates are tangled, soaked in blood and blackened by the flames of war. Together they will change history.

THE LAST KINGDOM - THE WARRIOR CHRONICLES BOOK 1

Uther, the High King, has died, leaving the infant Mordred as his only heir. His uncle, the loyal and gifted warlord Arthur, now rules as caretaker for a country which has fallen into chaos - threats emerge from within the British kingdoms while vicious Saxon armies stand ready to invade, As he struggles to unite Britain and hold back the enemy at the gates, Arthur is embroiled in a doomed romance with beautiful Guinevere. Will the old-world magic of Merlin be enough to turn the tide of war in his favour?

Le Roi De L'Hiver (The Arthur Books, #1)

*A brand new companion to the Last Kingdom series, Uhtred's Feast, is available to pre-order now*

 War of the Wolf is the 11th book in the epic and bestselling series that has gripped millions.

 A hero will be forged from this broken land.

 As seen on Netflix and BBC around the world.

 Lord Uhtred of Bebbanburg knows that peace is far from reach. Though he has won the battle for his ancestral home, rebellion looms in Mercia and invading Norsemen appear at every turn.

 With the country in turmoil, Uhtred comes face-to-face with King Skoll, a violent Norseman leading an army of úlfheðinn, or wolf warriors, hellbent on seizing a kingdom - and killing any in his path.

 Surrounded and outnumbered by new enemies, Uhtred must call on all his skill and courage to survive, and prevent his beloved Northumbria from falling to the Viking hordes.

War of the Wolf

The fourth in the bestselling Alfred series from number one historical novelist, Bernard Cornwell.

SWORD SONG - ALFRED SERIES 4

The balance of King Arthur's unified kingdom is threatened by Merlin's quest for the last of Britain's 13 Treasures; by the conflict between the ancient religion and the new Christianity; and by Britain's war with the Saxons. A master storyteller continues his retelling of the Arthurian legend.

L'ennemi de Dieu (La Saga du roi Arthur, #2)

VAGABOND

La saga épique à l'origine de la série Netflix The Last Kingdom878. L'Angleterre est assiégée : les Vikings occupent désormais la quasi-totalité de ses royaumes. Seul résiste un dernier bastion, une forteresse perdue dans les marais où le roi Alfred le Grand et les siens se sont retranchés avec ce qui reste de l'armée. Parmi eux, le comte Uhtred, soldat anglais de noble origine, pris en otage puis élevé par les Vikings durant sa jeunesse avant de rallier sa terre natale. Uhtred a longtemps été un Viking de coeur, mais lorsqu'il croise la route d'Iseult, une puissante sorcière, tout change. En ces temps troublés, le jeune guerrier va devoir mener bataille contre l'envahisseur comme contre ses anciennes loyautés... Une fresque flamboyante mêlant bravoure, trahison, sens du devoir et combats au coeur de l'une des périodes les plus fascinantes de l'Histoire. « Game of Thrones dans le monde réel. » The Observer

Le Quatrième Cavalier - The Last Kingdom, T2

Go with God and Fight Like the Devil. The remarkable new novel by Britain's master storyteller, which culminates at the Battle of Poitiers.

 1356: France stands alert to danger. The English army, victorious at the battle of Crécy and led by the Black Prince, is invading and the French are hunting them down. The bloodiest battles of the Hundred Years War are yet to be fought.

 Thomas of Hookton, an English archer, becomes trapped withhis outnumbered army. And here, near the town of Poitiers, an extraordinary confrontation will ignite one of the greatest battles of all time.

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Three classic Richard Sharpe adventures

 Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Badajoz, January to April 1812

 It is a hard winter. For Richard Sharpe it is the worst he can remember. He has lost command to a man who could buy the promotion Sharpe covets. His oldest enemy, the ruthless and indestructible Hakeswill, joins the regiment and he is a man with a mission to ruin Sharpe.

 Richard Sharpe and the Salamanca Campaign, June and July 1812

 Sharpe is once again at war. But this time his enemy is just one man - the ruthless Colonel Leroux. Sharpe's mission is to safeguard El Mirador, a spy whose network of agents is vital to British victory.

 Richard Sharpe and the Defence of Portugal, Christmas 1812

 Newly promoted, Major Richard Sharpe is given the task of rescuing a group of well-born women, held hostage high in the mountains by a rabble of deserters. And one of the renegades is Sergeant Hakeswill, Sharpe's bitter enemy.

Sharpe 3-Book Collection 5 - Sharpe’s Company, Sharpe’s Sword, Sharpe’s Enemy

With Calais in English hands, hostilities are suspended, but Thomas' quest to find the Holy Grail continues. His cousin Guy of Vexille still pursues him with deadly purpose, convinced that there is a link between Thomas and what he covets.So much depends on who will win this deadly game of hide and seek - and when the cousins at last come face to face, the war-torn countryside where they meet becomes a very Hell on earth. There has never been a greater need for a sign of God's favour, symbolized by the Grail and he who holds it.

L'hérétique

Après avoir conquis Ciudad Rodrigo, l'armée anglo-portugaise fait route vers Badajoz, une redoutable ville fortifiée défendue par les Français et qui barre la route de Madrid. Mais pour Richard Sharpe, l'enjeu des combats à venir n'est pas seulement stratégique. Afin de reprendre le commandement de sa compagnie, confiée à un officier plus riche et plus influent que lui, et de se préserver du sergent Hakeswill, son vieil ennemi tout juste débarqué d'Angleterre, il veut s'illustrer dans l'assaut donné à la forteresse en menant une colonne d'" Enfants perdus " dans l'une des brèches de la muraille. Cet acte de bravoure lui permettrait de retrouver sa dignité, mais aussi de voler au secours de ceux qu'il aime et qui, cachés dans la ville, sont en danger de mort.

La compagnie de Sharpe - Richard Sharpe et le siège de Badajoz, janvier-avril 1812

Au Ve siècle de notre ère, les îles Britanniques sont assaillies par les Saxons. Les propagateurs du christianisme luttent contre les anciens dieux païens. Un " roi des rois ", Uther Pendragon, maintient une unité fragile entre des tribus et royaumes autonomes. À sa mort, seul Arthur, son fils illégitime, peut tenir le même rôle. Génial chef de guerre, politique habile, entouré de partisans fidèles et protégé par Merlin, Arthur va entreprendre de sauver son peuple menacé et d'édifier un royaume solide. Bernard Cornwell fait revivre cette figure légendaire, sous la forme d'un récit romanesque rigoureusement documenté. Deux autres volumes parachèveront son histoire : L'Ennemi de Dieu et Excalibur.

La saga du roi Arthur Tome I: Le roi de l'hiver

Bernard Cornwell, né le 23 février 1944 à Londres en Angleterre, est un auteur britannique de nombreux romans historiques.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Cornwell

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