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From bestselling author bernard cornwell, comes a brilliant retelling of the arthurian legend, combining myth, history, and thrilling battlefield action. But it was a temple, and it was built by the folk who lived on. Cornwell unleashes danger and violence, from both man and nature. I took so much inspiration from cornwell s tale that it really helped enliven my own setting. Bernard cornwell is the author of the acclaimed richard sharpe series, set during the napoleonic wars. Bernard cornwell s epic novel stonehenge catapults us into a powerful and vibrant world of ritual and sacrifice at once timeless and wholly originala tale of patricide, betrayal, and murder.
Cornwell s epic novel, stonehenge, catapults us into a powerful world of ritual, betrayal, and the neverending pursuit of power, wealth, and spiritual fulfillment. Stonehenge by bernard cornwell 2004, paperback for sale. The original construction of the ancient english monument of stonehenge forms the backdrop of the story of three men, brothers and rivalslengar, a tyrant and patricide. Saxon tales books, sharpe books, crowning mercy books, starbuck chronicles books, warlord chroniclesarthur books, grail quest by bernard cornwell kindle edition by. He is best known for his novels about napoleonic wars rifleman richard sharpe. Format editions showing of 62 stonehenge paperback published december 14th 2004 by harper perennial paperback, 578 pages authors. Stonehenge is first and foremost a great historical novel.
And here he uses all these skills to recreate the world of primitive britain and to solve the mysteries of who built stonehenge, how and why. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page information wikidata item cite this page. Whatever the period, count on cornwell to serve up the details on which verisimilitude thrives. I seemed to spend a long time going round in circles of intertribe brutality to get to the denouement, by which time i was almost past caring whether they built stonehenge or not. Buy stonehenge by bernard cornwell at mighty ape nz. For all fans of classic cornwell adventures, such as agincourt and stonehenge, and for readers of william dietrichs hadrians wall or robert e. Bernard cornwell was born in london in 1944, as a child of war. Bernard cornwell primary author only author division. He has written historical novels primarily on english history in five series, and one series of contemporary thriller novels. I read this book when it first came out and loved it. A novel and millions of other books are available for instant access. Bernard cornwell is currently considered a single author. Bernard cornwell does a phenomenal job of giving a fascinating look into the lives and motivations of the builders of stonehenge.
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