Bernard Cornwell (born 23 February 1944) is an English writer who created and wrote The Saxon Stories novel series. He also portrayed Beornheard in The Last Kingdom. Additionally, he is given writing credits for all episodes in the television series.
Biography[]
Bernard Cornwell was born in London – a 'warbaby' – whose father was a Canadian airman and mother in Britain’s Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. He was adopted by a family in Essex who belonged to a religious sect called the Peculiar People (and they were), but escaped to London University and, after a stint as a teacher, he joined BBC Television where he worked for the next 10 years.
He began as a researcher on the Nationwide programme and ended as Head of Current Affairs Television for the BBC in Northern Ireland. It was while working in Belfast that he met Judy, a visiting American, and fell in love. Judy was unable to move to Britain for family reasons so Bernard went to the States where he was refused a Green Card. He decided to earn a living by writing, a job that did not need a permit from the US government – and for some years he had been wanting to write the adventures of a British soldier in the Napoleonic wars – and so the Sharpe series was born. Bernard and Judy married in 1980, are still married, still live in the States and he is still writing Sharpe.
Selected Bibliography[]
Series[]
- The Sharpe Stories - 24 novels - 1981 to 2006 - Sharpe Wiki
- The Starbuck Chronicles - 4 novels - 1993 to 1996
- The Warlord Chronicles - 3 novels - 1995 to 1997
- The Grail Quest - 4 novels - 2000 to 2012
Novels[]
- Redcoat (1987)
- Gallows Thief (2001)
- Azincourt (2008)
- The Fort (2010)
- Fools and Mortals (2017)
- Stonehenge (1999)
- Wildtrack (1988)
- Sea Lord (1989)
- Crackdown (1990)
- Scoundrel (1992)
- Stormchild (1991)
Appearances[]
The Last Kingdom[]
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Seven Kings Must Die |
Writer[]
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External Links[]
- Bernard Cornwell on Wikipedia
- Bernard Cornwell at the Internet Movie Database
- Follow Bernard Cornwell (@BernardCornwell) on Twitter
- Bernard Cornwell Official Website
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Directors | Ed Bazalgette (3, 4) • Anthony Byrne (1) • Ben Chanan (1) • Andy De Emmony (3) • Jamie Donoughue (2) • Jon East (2, 3, 5) • Andy Hay (4, 5) • Peter Hoar (1, 2) • Erik Leijonborg (3) • Jan Matthys (3) • David Moore (4) • Nick Murphy (1) •Sarah O'Gorman (4) • Anthony Philipson (5) • Richard Senior (2) • Paul Wilmshurst (5) |
Writers | Lydia Adetunji (3) • Stephen Butchard (1, 2, 3) • Bernard Cornwell (1, 2, 3, 4) • Jamie Crichton (4) • Martha Hillier (4) • Peter McKenna (4) • Sophie Petzal (2, 3) • Ben Vanstone (2, 3) • Charlotte Wolf (4) |
Producers | Dominic Barlow (2) • Ed Bazalgette (4) • Stephen Butchard (1, 2, 3) • Mat Chaplin (5) • Cait Collins (3) • Vicki Delow (4) • Alexander Dreymon (3, 4) • Howard Ellis (1, 2, 3, 4) • Jacquie Glanville (1) • Adam Goodman (1, 2, 3, 4) • Polly Hill (1) • Martha Hillier (4, 5) • Peter Hoar (2) • Elizabeth Kilgarriff (2) • Nigel Marchant (1, 2, 3, 4,5) • Nick Murphy (1) • Gareth Neame (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) • David O'Donoghue (1, 2, 3, 4) • Helen Ostler (5) • Jessica Pope (4) • Pam Roberts (4) • Michael Robins (2) • Chrissy Skinns (1, 2, 3) • Guy Tannahill (2) • Phil Temple (1) • Liz Trubridge (2) |