About the Author

Bernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex and
worked for the BBC for eleven years before meeting Judy, his
American wife. Denied an American work permit he wrote a
novel instead and has been writing ever since. He and Judy
divide their time between Cape Cod and Charleston, South
Carolina.

Reviews

Praise for Bernard Cornwell:

`The best battle scenes of any writer I've ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive' George R.R. Martin

`Cornwell is always in full command of his material' SUNDAY TIMES

`Like GAME OF THRONES, but real' Observer

`Tense, powerful, compulsive' THE TIMES

`He's called a master storyteller. Really he's cleverer than that' TELEGRAPH

`Nobody in the world does this better than Cornwell' Lee Child