Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell Biography

Bernard Cornwell was born on February 23rd, 1944 and is currently 79 years old. Bernard Cornwell was born in London, England.

Bernard Cornwell is the author of the Sharpe series which currently consists of 25 novels. The Sharpe series started in 1981 with the novel Sharpe's Gold. The most recently released novel in the Sharpe series was Sharpe’s Assassin which was released in 2021. There is an upcoming novel for the Sharpe series entitled Sharpe's Command which is being released on November 14th, 2023.

Bernard Cornwell has also written the The Warrior Chronicles / Saxon Stories series which has 14 books including The Last Kingdom and The Pale Horseman.

Bernard Cornwell has been included on Japan's Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! list one time. It was for Sea Lord (Killer's Wake in the U.S.), which tied for 7th in 1992.

Bernard Cornwell was awarded an Honorary Platinum Bestseller Award by Nielsen. He is a member of their 21st Century Platinum Hall of Fame.

Bernard Cornwell Awards & Accolades

Bernard Cornwell books have been nominated for multiple awards, The Last Kingdom was nominated for the Audie Award, Best Fiction, in 2006. Death of Kings was nominated for the Goodreads Awards, Best Historical Fiction, in 2012. 1356 was nominated for the British Book Awards, Fiction Book of the Year, in 2012. War of the Wolf was nominated for the Goodreads Awards, Best Historical Fiction, in 2018.

Bernard Cornwell: TV/Movies Based on Books

The Sharpe series of novels was adapted into the Sharpe television series for ITV. The series starred Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe and Daragh O'Malley as Patrick Harper. Despite being based on the series, some of the episodes are original stories not based on any books. The series ran from 1993 to 1997, but came back in 2006 for a two-parter with Sean Bean reprising ht role. The success of Sharpe's Challenge led to another two-parter, Sharpe's Peril.

Cornwell enjoyed the portrayal of Sharpe by Bean so much that he dedicated his 12th book in the series, Sharpe's Battle, to him. The dedication said that when he writes Sharpe, he hears Sean's voice.

The Last Kingdom is another adaptation of Cornwell's work. The series is based on The Saxoon Stories series of books. The series premiered in 2015 and aired for five seasons on the BBC. It would later move to Netflix. Actors on the show included Alexander Dreymon as Uhtred, David Dawson as King Alfred, and Emily Cox as Brida.

The fifth season was the end of the series, but a full length film has since been filmed for Netflix entitled Seven Kings Must Die.

Each season of the show was based on a novel or multiple novels, but signifcant changes were made to the plot along the way.

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Austin D.

1 year ago

One of the best parts of Bernard Cornwell’s Arthurian legend is the underlying battle between the new and the old. It is the best trilogy on Arthur there is. The Winter King is the very first book I checked out of his, and quickly grabbed the rest of the books and have been a fan ever since then. These are written in a realistic way to portray what it was truly like, without all that shining armor and lightning bolt magic like so many of the others have in them.

Bernard is unique in the way he puts you into the moment and embellishes with wonderful details.

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Michael K.

1 year ago

Forget Game of Thrones. Sit yourself down, pick up the remote, turn your TV on and watch The Last Kingdom. No, it doesn’t have dragons or ice zombies. But you won’t find better character development or political machinations.

While people the world over sang the praises of Jon Snow, my friends and I were too busy buzzing about the badassery of Uhtred, son of Uhtred. This show is a masterpiece. And yet, I would argue that the novel is better.

Cornwall writes historical fiction. While the show doesn’t necessarily alter the historical details in Cornwall’s books, I found it so much easier to understand the history of England when I consumed the story in book format. I have to assume that Cornwall took some liberties with the historical figures and events. But from what I’ve heard, there’s more truth than fiction in his stories.

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