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(0)Bernard Cornwell
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2011
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SHARPE?S TIGER, or 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. SHARPE?S TRIUMPH, or 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...
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The Last Kingdom volume 4
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2010
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The year is 885, and England is at peace, divided between the Danish kingdom to the north and Alfred's kingdom of Wessex in the south. But trouble stirs, a dead man has risen and new Vikings have arrived to occupy London. It is a dangerous time, and it falls to Uhtred, half Saxon, half Dane, a man feared and respected the length and breadth of Britain, to expel the Viking raiders and take control of London for Alfred. His uncertain loyalties must...
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2015
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BBC2?s major Autumn 2015 TV series THE LAST KINGDOM is based on Bernard Cornwell?s bestselling novels on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. Books 1-2 now available in one eBook collection.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,...
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2012
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SHARPE'S COMPANY, or 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. SHARPE'S SWORD, or Richard Sharpe and the Salamanca Campaign, June and July 1812. Sharpe is once...
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2015
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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 Warrior Chronicles is an epic series from the master...