joi, 1 aprilie 2010

Bernard Cornwell - A Prolific Writer

Bernard Cornwell, who is renown for the legendary Richard Sharpe series, which is set during the Napoleonic Wars, is a inventive writer who wrote a variety of books, including novels and thrillers. He is basically a historical novelist.His books were widely appreciated by the readers as it is full of life-like narratives and detailed description about real events. His major works include the Nathaniel Starbuck Chronicles which vividly describes about about American Civil War. Another of his remarkable creation is the Warlord Trilogy, in which Bernard Cornwell talks about the Arthurian England. Much about the society, political scenario, economic situation of the Arthurian England can known from this book.Stonehenge 2000 B.C.: A Novel and The Archer's Tale, is most recent publication is another of his marvellous creation which is expected to create sensation to the whole literary world.
He has also authored some fantastic novels which have been widely accepted by most of the readers---Redcoat (1987), Wildtrack (1988) and Sea Lord. This London born writer is a versatile writer with hands on various subjects. Though most of his writings are historical novels, as a writer of thrillers also he is not far behind. We can find almost all online stores and book stores flooded with books of Bernerd Cornwell.Among his major work The Grail Quest novels--Harlequin (re-named The Archer's Tale for the USA), Vagabond and Heretic are fantastic accounts of the 14-th century search for the Holy Grail. Here he describes some of the astonishing facts about the period of the Hundred Years' War. Apart from hard copies Web sites abound with electronic versions of his books like Sword Song, The lord of the North, The Last Kingdom (Alfred the Great 1), Sharpe's Christmas and most of the Richard Sharpe series books are to be found on the online book stores in a quite affordable price.Bernard Cornwell's writings are filled with full of thrilling war stories. His works are also influenced by the some legendary stories of the miracle and morality plays. Especially The Saxon Stories are greatly influenced by the literary works of the Anglo-Saxon period. dr seuss cat in hat book

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