The master of historical fiction presents the iconic story of King Alfred and the making of a nation.

Death of kings

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)

The Alfred Series ; Tome 4: Sword Song

*SHARPE'S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now*

 Three classic Richard Sharpe adventures.

 Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Seringapatam, 1799

 When a senior British officer is captured by the Tippoo of Mysore's forces, Sharpe is offered a chance to attempt a rescue, which in turn offers an escape from the tyrannical Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill.

 Richard Sharpe and the battle of Assaye, September 1803

 Sergeant Richard Sharpe witnesses a murderous act of treachery by an English officer who has defected from the East India Company to join the Mahratta Confederation. In the hunt for the renegade Englishman, Sharpe penetrates deep into enemy territory where he is followed relentlessly by his worst enemy, Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill.

 Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803

 Sir Arthur Wellesley's army is closing on the retreating Mahrattas in western India. Marching with the British is Ensign Richard Sharpe, newly made an officer, wishing he had stayed a sergeant.

Sharpe 3-Book Collection 1 - Sharpe’s Tiger, Sharpe’s Triumph, Sharpe’s Fortress

A stand-alone battle book, set this time in the eighteenth-century in the rebellious colony of Massachusetts.

THE FORT

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

Uhtred is an English boy, born into the aristocracy of ninth-century Northumbria. Orphaned at ten, he is captured and adopted by a Dane and taught the Viking ways. Yet Uhtred's fate is bound up with Alfred, King of Wessex, who rules over the English kingdom to survive the Danish assault. This book is set in England during the reign of King Alfred.

THE LAST KINGDOM - ALFRED SERIES

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.

Death of kings

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