The Alfred Series ; Tome 4: Sword Song

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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The eighteenth novel in this bestselling adventure series takes Richard Sharpe to battle in Copenhagen.

Sharpe's Prey

Sharpe's Devil

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

Bernard Cornwell's bestselling series The Starbuck Chronicles, on the American Civil War, now in one complete eBook for the first time.

 REBELIt is summer 1861. The armies of North and South stand on the brink of America's civil war. Nathanial Starbuck arrives in the capital of the Confederate South, where he enlists in an elite regiment. He is a northern boy fighting for the southern cause. But nothing can prepare him for the shocking violence to follow in the war which broke America in two.

 COPPERHEADNathanial Starbuck is a Copperhead: a northerner fighting for the rebel South in America's Civil War. Expelled from the Faulconer Legion, Starbuck must travel a hard road before he can rejoin his comrades. His journey will take him through the savage prisons of Richmond, across the blood-sodden battlefields of Virginia, and into the deadly high command of the northern army.

 BATTLE FLAGThe epic battle for control of the Confederate capital continues through the hot summer of 1862. It's a battle that Captain Nate Starbuck, a Yankee fighting for the Southern cause, has to survive and win.

 THE BLOODY GROUNDIt is late summer 1862 and the Confederacy is invading the United States of America.

 Nate Starbuck, a northern preacher's son fighting for the rebel South, is given command of a punishment battalion - a despised unit of shirkers and cowards. His enemies expect it to be his downfall, as Starbuck must lead this ramshackle unit into a battle that will prove to be the bloodiest of the Civil War.

The Starbuck Chronicles - The Complete 4-Book Collection

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

La saga épique à l'origine de la série Netflix The Last KingdomAu IXe siècle, les féroces Vikings débarquent sur le sol saxon, avides de conquête et de destruction. Aucun royaume ne résiste au raz-de-marée barbare, à l'exception d'un seul. Bientôt le destin de toute l'Angleterre - et le cours de l'Histoire elle-même - reposera sur les épaules d'un homme. Uhtred, un jeune guerrier saxon aux origines nobles déchiré entre deux vies, deux voies, deux peuples : celui des Vikings qui l'ont élevé comme l'un des leurs après l'avoir arraché à sa famille, et celui de son sang et de ses origines...Une fresque flamboyante mêlant bravoure, trahison, loyauté et combats au coeur de l'une des périodes les plus fascinantes de l'Histoire.
 « Game of Thrones dans le monde réel. » The Observer

Les Chroniques saxonnes, T1 : Le Dernier Royaume

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.

The Alfred Series ; Tome 4: Sword Song

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