through writing, Cornwell decided to write such a series. Motivated by the need to support himself in the U.S. Forester, chronicling the adventures of fictional British naval officer Horatio Hornblower during the Napoleonic Wars, and was surprised to find there were no such novels following Lord Wellington's campaign on land. Unable to get a green card, he started writing novels, as this did not require a work permit.Īs a child, Cornwell loved the novels of C.S. He relocated to the United States in 1980 after marrying an American. He then joined Thames Television as editor of Thames News.
He then joined BBC's Nationwide and was promoted to become head of current affairs at BBC Northern Ireland.
He attempted to enlist in the British armed services at least three times but was rejected on the grounds of myopia. After he left them, he changed his name to his birth mother's maiden name, Cornwell.Ĭornwell was sent away to Monkton Combe School, attended the University of London, and after graduating, worked as a teacher. He was adopted and brought up in Essex by the Wiggins family, who were members of the Peculiar People, a strict Protestant sect who banned frivolity of all kinds and even medicine. His father was a Canadian airman, and his mother, who was English, a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. In The Burning Land, Bernard Cornwell, “the reigning king of historical fiction” ( USA Today), delivers a rousing saga of Anglo-Saxon England-an irresistible new chapter in his thrilling Saxon Tales, the epic story of the birth of England and the legendary king who made it possible.Ĭornwell was born in London in 1944. Allied with his old friend Ragnar-and his old foe Haesten-he aims to invade and conquer Wessex itself. Instead, he will reclaim his ancestral fortress on the Northumbrian coast. Breaking with Alfred, he joins the Vikings, swearing never again to serve the Saxon king. But Uhtred, Alfred’s reluctant warlord, proves his worth, outwitting Harald and handing the Vikings one of their greatest defeats.įor Uhtred, the sweetness of victory is soon overshadowed by tragedy. Led by the sword of savage warrior Harald Bloodhair, the Viking hordes attack. His enemy, the Danes, having failed to conquer Wessex, now see their chance for victory.
The fifth installment of Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling Saxon Tales chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” ( The Observer, London)-the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit BBC America television series.Īt the end of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is in ill health his heir, an untested youth.
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