The year is 1820. Rider Sandman, a hero of Waterloo, returns to London to wed his fiancee. But instead of settling down to fame and glory, he finds himself penniless in a country where high unemployment and social unrest rage, and where men--innocent or guilty--are hanged for the merest of crimes.Wh[...]

It is autumn 1777, and the cradle of liberty, Philadelphia, has fallen to the British. Yet the true battle has only just begun.On both sides, loyalties are tested and families torn asunder. The young Redcoat Sam Gilpin has seen his brother die. Now he must choose between duty to a distant king and t[...]

Be prepared for scenes of great action & heroics"I had a word with Sergeant Nolan, so I did, and said you weren't entirely bad unless you were crossed, and then youwere a proper devil. And I told him you had an Irish father, which might be true, might it not?""So I'm one of you now, am I?" Sharpe as[...]

An epic historical saga steeped in myth and legend, Heretic brings history to life with the wonderful characters and heart-stopping battle scenes that have made Bernard Cornwell a New York Times bestselling novelist.Thomas of Hookton is a young man but already a seasoned veteran of King Edward's arm[...]

In the middle years of the ninth-century, the fierce Danes stormed onto British soil, hungry for spoils and conquest. Kingdom after kingdom fell to the ruthless invaders until but one realm remained. And suddenly the fate of all England--and the course of history--depended upon one man, one king.Fro[...]

Richard SharpeSoldier, hero, rogue--the man you always want on your side. Born in poverty, he joined the army to escape jail and climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage. He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles, whose green jacket he proudly wears.[...]

"It was a bloody awful shot," Sharpe said."My mother could lay a gun better than that.""I didn't think you had a mother," Private Garrard said."Everyone's got a mother, Tom.""Not Sergeant Hakeswill," Garrard said, then spat a mix of dustand spittle. . . . "Hakeswill was spawned of the devil."Richard[...]

In a sequel to The Archer's Tale, young Thomas of Hookton has his first experience of naval warfare during the Hundred Years War while pursuing his father's murderer, a man who also stole the Holy Grail from the Hookton family's ancient church. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.[...]

The Nathaniel Starbuck ChroniclesBook Four
Battle of Antietam, 1862In this fourth, final, and rousing installment of Nathaniel Starbuck's Civil War adventures, Nate is given command of a punishment battalion: a motley collection of cowards, thieves, deserters, and murderers. Setting off to Join G[...]

The original construction of the ancient English monument of Stonehenge forms the backdrop of the story of three men, brothers and rivals--Lengar, a bloodthirsty tyrant and patricide; his bastard brother Camaban, a sorcerer whose madness taints Stonehenge with human sacrifice; and Saban, who must re[...]

From Bernard Cornwell, the New York Times bestselling author whom the Washington Post calls "perhaps the greatest writer of historical adventure novels today," comes a saga of blood, rage, fidelity, and betrayal. In the ninth and tenth centuries, King Alfred and his heirs fought to secure the surviv[...]

A third volume in a series that began with The Last Kingdom and The Pale Horseman finds Uhtred of Bebbanburg following the self-proclaimed new king of Northumbria to his home, a journey that culminates in a midnight siege of a seemingly impregnable city. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.[...]