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BERNARD CORNWELL |
Broadcast journalist turned novelist. |
Also the author of the Arthurian series The Warlord Chronicles. |
An English archer, Thomas of Hookton, fights the French in the Hundred Years' War and searches for what he believes to be the Holy Grail. |
A trilogy of novels: |
TITLE |
YEAR OF PUBLICATION |
OWN? |
READ/READING? |
DESCRIPTION |
Harlequin |
2000 |
Yes |
Yes |
Features the Battle of Crecy. |
Vagabond |
2002 |
No |
No |
Description. |
Heretic |
2003 |
No |
No |
Description. |
An English soldier, Sam Gilpin has to decide where his loyalties lie during the American Revolution. |
A stand-alone novel. |
TITLE |
YEAR OF PUBLICATION |
OWN? |
READ/READING? |
DESCRIPTION |
Redcoat |
1987 |
Yes |
Yes |
Description |
SHARPE series |
During the Napoleonic Wars, an English officer, Richard Sharpe, fights and beds his way through Europe. The books inspired a series of made-for-television films starring Sean Bean (Boromir in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings) as Sharpe. The author's most famous works. |
The series is comprised of 21 novels and 2 short stories: |
TITLE |
YEAR OF PUBLICATION |
OWN? |
READ/READING? |
DESCRIPTION |
Sharpe's Tiger |
1997 |
Yes |
Yes |
Here Sharpe starts out as a private in India, serving under the future Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley. |
Sharpe's Triumph |
1998 |
No |
No |
Here Sharpe saves Wellesley's life in battle and is promoted to Lieutenant. |
Sharpe's Fortress |
1999 |
No |
No |
Description |
Sharpe's Trafalgar |
2000 |
No |
No |
Description |
Sharpe's Prey |
2001 |
No |
No |
Description |
Sharpe's Rifles |
1988 |
No |
Yes |
Here the following books are set up as Sharpe takes command of a unit of Riflemen in Portugal. Got this through a school library. |
Sharpe's Havoc |
2003 |
Yes |
Yes |
Description |
Sharpe's Eagle |
1981 |
Yes |
Yes |
Description |
Sharpe's Gold |
1981 |
No |
No |
Description |
Sharpe's Escape |
2004 |
Yes |
Yes |
Description |
Sharpe's Fury |
2006 |
No |
No |
Description |
Sharpe's Battle |
1995 |
Yes |
Yes |
Description |
Sharpe's Company |
1982 |
Yes |
Yes |
Description |
Sharpe's Sword |
1983 |
Yes |
Yes |
Description |
Sharpe's Skirmish |
1999 |
No |
No |
Short story |
Sharpe's Enemy |
1984 |
No |
No |
Description |
Sharpe's Honour |
1985 |
No |
No |
Description |
Sharpe's Regiment |
1986 |
No |
No |
Description |
Sharpe's Christmas |
1994 |
No |
No |
Short story |
Sharpe's Siege |
1987 |
No |
Yes |
Description |
Sharpe's Revenge |
1989 |
No |
No |
Description |
Sharpe's Waterloo |
1990 |
Yes |
Yes |
Description |
Sharpe's Devil |
1992 |
Yes |
Yes |
Description |
Another English veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, Rider Sandman, tries to solve a murder and stop an innocent man from hanging. |
A stand-alone novel. |
TITLE |
YEAR OF PUBLICATION |
OWN? |
READ/READING? |
DESCRIPTION |
Gallows Thief |
2001 |
Yes |
Yes |
A detective story - a change of pace from bloody battles. |
A Northerner, Nathaniel Starbuck, fights for the South (Confederate States) in the American Civil War and is forced to face old friends and relatives on the battlefield. |
A series of four novels: |
TITLE |
YEAR OF PUBLICATION |
OWN? |
READ/READING? |
DESCRIPTION |
Rebel |
1993 |
No |
No |
Description |
Copperhead |
1994 |
No |
No |
Description |
Battle Flag |
1995 |
No |
No |
Description |
The Bloody Ground |
1996 |
No |
No |
Description |
WILLIAM DIETRICH |
Pulitzer awardee turned novelist. |
A Roman scribe, Jonas Alabanda, faces the invasion of Attila the Hun while contending for true love. |
A stand-alone novel. |
TITLE |
YEAR OF PUBLICATION |
OWN? |
READ/READING? |
DESCRIPTION |
The Scourge of God |
2005 |
Yes |
Yes |
Description |
PARKE GODWIN |
Theater actor turned novelist. |
ROBIN HOOD |
A retelling of the Robin Hood story, set against the backdrop of the Norman invasion of England. |
A series of two novels. |
TITLE |
YEAR OF PUBLICATION |
OWN? |
READ/READING? |
DESCRIPTION |
Sherwood |
1991 |
Yes |
Yes |
Description |
Robin and the King |
1994 |
No |
No |
Description |
CONN IGGULDEN |
English teacher turned novelist. |
The life of Julius Caesar, somewhat fictionalized: |
A series of four novels: |
TITLE |
YEAR OF PUBLICATION |
OWN? |
READ/READING? |
DESCRIPTION |
The Gates of Rome |
2003 |
Yes |
Yes |
Description |
The Death of Kings |
2004 |
No |
No |
Description |
The Field of Swords |
2005 |
No |
No |
Description |
The Gods of War |
2006 |
No |
No |
Description |
The lives of Genghis and Kublai Khan, somewhat fictionalized: |
A series of three novels and counting: |
TITLE |
YEAR OF PUBLICATION |
OWN? |
READ/READING? |
DESCRIPTION |
Wolf of the Plains |
2007 |
Yes |
Yes |
Description |
Lords of the Bow |
2008 |
No |
No |
Description |
Bones of the Hills |
2008 |
No |
No |
Description |
WILLIAM NAPIER |
Pseudonym of novelist Christopher Hart. |
ATTILA |
The life of Attila the Hun, somewhat fictionalized: |
A trilogy of novels: |
TITLE |
YEAR OF PUBLICATION |
OWN? |
READ/READING? |
DESCRIPTION |
The Scourge of God |
2003 |
Yes |
Yes |
Description |
The Gathering of the Storm |
2004 |
No |
No |
Description |
The Judgement |
2005 |
No |
No |
Description |
STEVEN PRESSFIELD |
Ex-Marine. |
A novel retelling the Battle of Thermopylae, recently and fancifully depicted in the film 300. |
A stand-alone novel: |
TITLE |
YEAR OF PUBLICATION |
OWN? |
READ/READING? |
DESCRIPTION |
Gates of Fire |
1998 |
Yes |
Yes |
Far more accurate and touching than 300. |
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