The Last Kingdom (41 page)

BERNARD CORNWELL is the author of the acclaimed and bestselling Richard Sharpe series and the Grail Quest series, featuring
The Archer’s Tale, Vagabond, and Heretic
; the Nathaniel Starbuck Chronicles; the Warlord Trilogy; and many other novels, including
Redcoat, Stonehenge, and Gallows Thief
. Bernard Cornwell lives with his wife on Cape Cod.

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The Sharpe Novels (in chronological order)

SHARPE’S TIGER
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Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Seringapatam, 1799

SHARPE’S TRIUMPH
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Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803

SHARPE’S FORTRESS
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Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803

SHARPE’S TRAFALGAR
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Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805

SHARPE’S PREY
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Richard Sharpe and the Expedition to Copenhagen, 1807

SHARPE’S RIFLES

Richard Sharpe and the French Invasion of Galicia, January 1809

SHARPE’S HAVOC
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Richard Sharpe and the Campaign in Northern Portugal, Spring 1809

SHARPE’S EAGLE

Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign, July 1809

SHARPE’S GOLD

Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, August 1810

SHARPE’S ESCAPE
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Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1810

SHARPE’S BATTLE
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Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Fuentes de Onoro, May 1811

SHARPE’S COMPANY

Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Badajoz, January to April 1812

SHARPE’S SWORD

Richard Sharpe and the Salamanca Campaign, June and July 1812

SHARPE’S ENEMY

Richard Sharpe and the Defense of Portugal, Christmas 1812

SHARPE’S HONOUR

Richard Sharpe and the Vitoria Campaign, February to June 1813

SHARPE’S REGIMENT

Richard Sharpe and the Invasion of France, June to November 1813

SHARPE’S SIEGE

Richard Sharpe and the Winter Campaign, 1814

SHARPE’S REVENGE

Richard Sharpe and the Peace of 1814

SHARPE’S WATERLOO

Richard Sharpe and the Waterloo Campaign, 15 June to 18 June 1815

SHARPE’S DEVIL
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Richard Sharpe and the Emperor, 1820–21

The Grail Quest Series

THE ARCHER’S TALE

VAGABOND

HERETIC

The Nathaniel Starbuck Chronicles

REBEL

COPPERHEAD

BATTLE FLAG

THE BLOODY GROUND

The Warlord Chronicles

THE WINTER KING

THE ENEMY OF GOD

EXCALIBUR

Other Novels

REDCOAT

A CROWNING MERCY

STORMCHILD

SCOUNDREL

GALLOWS THIEF

STONEHENGE, 2000 B.C.: A NOVEL

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Copyright

THE LAST KINGDOM
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