Review:This is another one of BC great reads, this time with a bit of old time chivalry and romance. A little bit more humour as well as battle strategy and the cold hard realities of war back in those times. Read more

Review:Bernard Cornwell is awesome. I have been reading only his books this winter, finish on, start the next. I just started Excalibur, the only thing I get so annoyed with Arthur and his do-gooder attitude, I would like to get into the rhetoric and slap some sense into him, but I suppose that is exactly what Cornwell has in mind. Once you pick up one of his books...you will be definitely hooked. Read more

Review:this was particularly excellent historical novel. it had the usual page turning action. it had an illumination of the importance of the longbow in the history of the era covered and a colorful etching of the life and folk of that historical time. bravo! Read more

Review:I had been reading the Sharpe series and wanted to read the true story before I continued with the fiction. Of course you could still tell that it was Cornwell doing the writing. This book, "Waterloo", showed how opportunities were missed on both sides, and how important leadership is in battle. Napoleon and Wellington had completely different styles. Wellington right up front, and Napoleon from the rear. Communications played a critical role in the outcome, as did trust in your allies. An... Read more

Review:Sharpe's Eagle was the first book written in the series and falls as the eighth in the current chronological sequence. Wherever you place Sharpe's Eagle, it's a marvelous story . . . one that you will long remember.

All of the great themes of the series are beautifully developed in this story: foolish dim-witted privilege versus low-birth but professional skill and courage; the lowly, poor Sharpe being fascinated by and fascinating beautiful women desired by richer, more powerful men; qui... Read more

Review:Bernard Cornwell does more than entertain in novels. His research, with onsite visits, brings authenticity of older cultures confronted in struggles and examples we can appreciate and learn from, even today. Read more

Review:I have read many King Arthur novels and together with the High Queen series by Nancy McKenzie this is the one I liked best. It is also my favourite Bernard Cornwell novel. Set in the sixth century, after the Romans have left Britain Celtic Britain is threatened by Irish tribes from the West and Saxons from the East, as well as civil strife. Seen from the yes of the warrior Derfel, who serves Arthur. Arthur is regent to the crippled boy king, his nephew Mordred. Rich in cast of characters and fa... Read more

Review:We will never truly know the answers but Cornwell gives us possibilities. Read his afterword and see how well researched his novel is.

Cromwell is arguably (not by me, I have no doubt) the greatest writer of historical fiction. Here he delves into time before there was any recorded history and tries to answer questions about the mysterious Stonehenge. Read more

Review:Should you buy the book? Will you like the book?

If you've read the first three, it's a no-brainer because Bernard Cornwell delivers in Sword Song another entertaining, historically oriented adventure story. You know you're going to like it.

My wife, not a reader of this genre, picked up the book as soon as I finished it and she loved it. She commented on how much she enjoyed Mr. Cornwell's writing style, the way he told the story and how he grabbed her from the first page. Read more

Review:This is another entry on the Sharpe series. It is fun, entertaining and very readable. Cornwell's research is as excellent as usual. He takes some licenses for the shake of the story and continuity, but this is OK. Some people are outraged by the portrait of some of the real historical characters, but historical characters are rarely depicted accurately in historical fiction, so I think this can be forgiven. Besides, usually a more serious account of these characters is given at the end of the b... Read more