Bernard Cornwell

Gallows Thief is a historical mystery novel by Bernard Cornwell set in London in the year 1817, which uses capital punishment as its backdrop. Rider Sandman, a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, is hired as an investigator as a formality to rubber-stamp the death sentence of a condemned murderer. Instead, he discovers a …

Harlequin is the first novel in The Grail Quest series by Bernard Cornwell. It begins a series of stories set in the middle of the fourteenth century, an age when the four horsemen of the apocalypse seem to have been released over Europe.

The Pale Horseman is the second historical novel in the Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell, published in 2005. It is set in 9th Century Wessex and Cornwall. Lord Uhtred of Bebbanburg arrives at King Alfred of Wessex's court to proclaim his victory over the Danish Chieftain, Ubba Lothbrokson, only to find that Ealdorman …

Kapteeni Sharpe on Bernard Cornwellin historiallinen romaani, ainoa suomennettu osa itsenäisistä teoksista koostuvaa Sharpe-sarjaa. Sen suomensi 1985 Ano Niroma ja kustansi WSOY. Romaanin päähenkilö Richard Sharpe on Etelä-Essexin kevyen komppanian joukoissa taisteleva sotilas ja näkyvin hahmo koko sekalaisessa …