Bataille des Arapiles, juillet 1812. Envoyé spécial de l'Empereur en Espagne, le redoutable colonel Leroux vient enfin de découvrir l'identité du mystérieux El Mirador-à la tête du plus grand réseau d'espionnage oeuvrant contre Napoléon depuis la ville de Salamanque - lorsqu'il se fait capturer par le capitaine Richard Sharpe et ses hommes. Le colonel Leroux réussit à leur dissimuler son identité et, dès le lendemain, s'échappe et se réfugie dans la ville proche de Salamanque, dont les troupes britanniques et espagnoles achèvent l'encerclement. Mais l'identité du français est bientôt découverte et sa capture devient une priorité absolue pour le commandement britannique. Richard Sharpe reçoit l'ordre, une fois l'assaut donné aux trois forteresses françaises de la ville de Salamanque, de remettre la main sur cet homme susceptible d'ébranler tout le réseau d'espionnage britannique. Une mission pour laquelle il faudra compter avec l'influence de la mystérieuse marquise de Casares el Grande y Melida Sahada, une femme aussi belle que redoutable, et dont l'issue culminera dans la bataille des Arapiles, en plein mois de juillet 1812.

L'épée de Sharpe - Richard Sharpe et la campagne de Salamanque

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 THE LAST KINGDOM, THE PALE HORSEMAN, THE LORDS OF THE NORTH, SWORD SONG, THE BURNING LAND, DEATH OF KINGS.

 Uhtred, born into Saxon aristocracy in ninth-century Northumbria is orphaned at ten. He is captured and adopted by a Dane and taught the Viking ways. Yet Uhtred's fate is indissolubly bound up with Alfred, King of Wessex, who rules over the only English kingdom to survive the Danish assault.

 The Last Kingdom Series is an epic series from the master of historical fiction, that tells the tale of Alfred the Great, his descendants, and the Viking enemies they face. The struggle between the English and the Danes and the strife between Christianity and paganism is the background to this outstanding series of how England was made - and very nearly lost.

The Last Kingdom Series Books 1-6

In The Winter King and Enemy of God Bernard Cornwell demonstrated his astonishing ability to make the oft-told legend of King Arthur fresh and new for our time. Now, in this riveting final volume of The Warlord Chronicles, Cornwell tells the unforgettable tale of Arthur's final struggles against the Saxons and his last attempts to triumph over a ruined marriage and ravaged dreams. This is the tale not only of a broken love remade, but also of forces both earthly and unearthly that threaten everything Arthur stands for. Peopled by princesses and bards, by warriors and magicians, Excalibur is the story of love, war, loyalty, and betrayal-the work of a magnificent storyteller at the height of his powers.

Excalibur (La Saga du roi Arthur, #3)

The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the bestselling Harlequin, this is the second instalment in Bernard Cornwell's Grail Quest series.

 In Harlequin, Thomas of Hookton travelled to France as an archer and there discovered a shadowy destiny, which linked him to a family of heretical French lords who sought Christendom's greatest relic.

 Having survived the battle of Crécy, Thomas is sent back to England, charged with finding the Holy Grail. But Thomas is an archer and when a chance comes to fight against an army invading northern England he jumps at it. Plunged into the carnage of Neville's Cross, he is oblivious to other enemies who want to destroy him. He discovers too late that he is not the only person pursuing the grail, and that his rivals will do anything to thwart him.

 After hunting and wounding him, Thomas's enemies turn him into a fugitive. Fleeing England, he travels to Normandy, determined to rescue Will Skeat, his old commander from Harlequin. Finally Thomas leads his enemies back to Brittany, where he goes to discover an old love and where his pursuers at last trap their reluctant pilgrim.

 Vagabond is a vivid and realistic portrait of England at a time when the archer was king of Europe's battlefields.

Vagabond

A unique novel, looking at one the greatest battles, a battle that was a turning point in history, from many points of view, by a master storyteller.

 Bernard Cornwell has been thinking about this subject for years. He has long wanted to write a book about a single battle, the events that lead up to it, the actual days in the battle and the aftermath from multiple viewpoints.

 Agincourt, fought on October 25th 1415, on St Crispin's Day, is one of the best known battles, in part through the brilliant depiction of it in Shakespeare's Henry V, in part because it was a brilliant and unexpected English victory and in part because it was the first battle won by the use of the longbow. This was a weapon developed in this form only by the English - parishes were forced to train boys from as young as eight daily - and enabled them to dominate the European battlefields for the rest of the century.

 Lively historical characters abound on all sides but in Bernard Cornwell's hands the fictional characters, horsemen, archers, nobles, peasants are authentic and vivid, and the hour by hour view of the battle is dramatic and gripping.

Azincourt

Continuing the outstanding success of The Last Kingdom, The Pale Horseman is the second installment of Bernard Cornwell's fantastic series, following the fate of Alfred the Great ,and the forging of Britain.It is the lowest time for the Saxons. Defeated comprehensively by the Vikings who now occupy most of England, Alfred and his very small group of surviving followers retreat to the trackless marshlands of Somerset. There, forced to move restlessly to escape betrayal or detection, using the marsh mists for cover, they travel by small boats from one island refuge to another, hoping that they can regroup and find some more strength and support.Only Uhtred remains resolute. Determined to discover the enemy's strategies, he draws once again on his Viking upbringing, and attempts to enter the Viking camps. His plan is to become accepted by their leaders, and to sit in their councils and uncover their plans. But once there, the attractions of his many friends among the Vikings coupled with his disillusion with the Saxons' leadership and anger at Alfred's criticism of his own conduct, draws him back again to his allegiance to the Vikings.The Pale Horseman, an even more powerful and dramatic book than The Last Kingdom, brings both Uhtred and the Saxons' dilemmas vividly to life.

The Pale Horseman ; Alfred Series

A collection of the first four installments of Bernard Cornwell's bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, "like Game of Thrones, but real" (The Observer, London)-the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit television series. The Saxon Tales Collection includes: The Last Kingdom, The Pale Horseman, Lords of the North, and Sword Song. Starting with The Last Kingdom, this is the exciting-yet little known-story of the making of England in the 9th and 10th centuries, the years in which King Alfred the Great, his son and grandson defeated the Danish Vikings who had invaded and occupied three of England's four kingdoms. This thrilling adventure-based on existing records of Cornwell's ancestors-depicts a time when law and order were ripped violently apart by a pagan assault on Christian England, an assault that came very close to destroying England."History comes alive."-Boston Globe

The Saxon Tales Collection: Books #1-4 - The Last Kingdom, The Pale Horseman, Lords of the North, and Sword Song

The Alfred Series ; Tome 4: Sword Song

The acclaimed twenty-first novel in the number one bestselling series featuring Richard Sharpe.

Sharpe's Fury

Sharpe's Company

La saga épique à l'origine de la série Netflix The Last KingdomServir ou régner ?Alors que la bataille pour l'Angleterre fait rage, Uhtred, guerrier, païen et ennemi juré des Vikings, se trouve à la croisée des chemins. Même si on lui a offert une couronne, il reste un homme de parole. Une parole qu'il a donnée au roi Alfred le Grand, qui rêve d'une Angleterre délivrée du joug des Vikings.Alors quand son souverain lui ordonne de reprendre Londres à l'ennemi et de l'offrir à son beau-fils Æthelred, un homme faible qui n'a rien d'un guerrier, Uhtred obéit... à regret. Car l'épouse d'Æthelred n'est autre que la fougueuse fille du roi, et son destin est intimement lié à celui d'Uhtred... qui devra choisir entre la voie du devoir et celle du coeur.
 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« Un petit miracle littéraire : année après année, Cornwell nous offre les romans historiques les plus passionnants et accessibles de sa génération. » Daily Mail

Les chroniques saxonnes Tome 4 : le chant de l'épée

On the eve of the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Azincourt comes three classic battle books of The Hundred Years War by the bestselling master of historical fiction, Bernard Cornwell, in one three-book collection for the first time.

 HARLEQUIN1342. The English, led by Edward III, are laying waste to the French countryside. The archers, the common men, are England's secret weapon. The French know them as Harlequins. Thomas Hookton is one of these archers. But he is also on a personal mission: to avenge his father's death and retrieve a stolen relic. Thomas begins a quest that will lead him to finally where the two armies face each other at Crecy.

 1356The Hundred Years War rages on and the bloodiest battles are yet to be fought. Across France, towns stand alert to danger. The English army is invading again and the French are hunting them down. Thomas of Hookton, an English archer, is under orders to seek out a lost sword, said to grant certain victory. As the outnumbered English army becomes trapped near the town of Poitiers, Thomas, his men and his sworn enemies will meet in one great and bloody battle.

 AZINCOURTAzincourt, fought on October 25th 1415, on St Crispin's Day, is one of the best known battles of all time. This is the breathtaking story of this momentous battle and its aftermath. From the varying viewpoints of nobles, peasants, archers, and horsemen, Azincourt skilfully brings to life the hours of relentless fighting, the desperation of an army crippled by disease and the exceptional bravery of the English soldiers.

Three Great English Victories - A 3-book Collection of Harlequin, 1356 and Azincourt

La saga épique à l'origine de la série Netflix The Last KingdomAlors que s'achève le IXe siècle, Alfred le Grand agonise, son rêve d'unifier l'Anglie est menacé et son royaume au bord du chaos. Bien que son fils Edward ait été désigné comme son successeur, d'autres Saxons prétendent au trône, tout comme d'ambitieux Vikings païens dans le nord. Déchiré entre son serment à Alfred et son désir de reprendre les terres ancestrales du nord qu'il a perdues dans son enfance, Uhtred, né Saxon et élevé en Viking, demeure le guerrier du roi, mais il n'a pas prêté allégeance au prince héritier. Il doit désormais faire un choix capital qui changera pour toujours sa vie et le cours de l'Histoire : prendre les armes - et le manteau d'Alfred - ou poser son épée et laisser le rêve d'unification du royaume mourir avec son suzerain. 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

La Mort des rois - The Last Kingdom, T6

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 The beginning of the tale of Uhtred. Uhtred is born into the aristocracy of 9th Century Northumbria, but orphaned at ten, adopted by a Dane and taught the Viking ways. Yet Uhtred's fate is indissolubly bound up with Alfred, King of Wessex, who rules over the last English kingdom when the Danes have overrun Northumbria, Mercia and East Anglia. So ends The Last Kingdom.

 The Pale Horseman takes place right afterwards in the fateful year in which the Danes capture Alfred's kingdom and drive him as a fugitive into the marshes of Athelney. It seems that Wessex, and England, are destroyed, but Alfred is determined to make one desperate gamble that might save his kingdom.

 The Lords of the North sees Uhtred, having helped Alfred secure Wessex an independent Saxon kingdom, returns north to find his stepsister. Instead he discovers chaos, civil war and treachery in Northumbria. He takes the side of Guthred, once a slave and now a man who would be king, and in return expects Guthred's help in capturing Dunholm, the lair of the dark Viking lord, Kjartan.

The Last Kingdom Series Books 1 and 2 - The Last Kingdom, The Pale Horseman

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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