B. CORNWELL

Von Helden und Verratern.Auf Seiten der Konfoderierten kehrt der gefeierte Kriegsheld Captain Nate Starbuck an die Frontlinien zwischen Nord und Sud zuruck. Im Sommer 1862 bewahrt er sich aufs Neue in der Schlacht von Balls Bluff. Sein alter Widersacher Washington Faulconer neidet ihm indes den Ruhm. Und Faulconer ist nur einer von Nates Gegnern, die alle nicht vergessen haben, dass er aus dem Norden stammt. So ist es nur eine Frage der Zeit, bis gewisse Leute ihn des Verrats an der Sache der Konfoderation zeihen. Denn da ist jemand, der Geheimstes an den Feind weitergibt. Nate wird, brutal verhort. Und er erkennt, dass es fur ihn nur einen Ausweg gibt: Er muss wirklich zum Spion werden, zum Spion fur den Suden. Es beginnt eine gefahrliche Odyssee, mitten hinein ins Feindesland.Der zweite Band von Bernard Cornwells groem Epos uber den Amerikanischen Burgerkrieg.

There was snow when Arthur's tale began. It was a lifetime ago, in the last year of High King Uther's reign ... However you count the years it was long ago, once upon a time, in a land called Britain, and I was there. Derfel, once a captain in Arthur's warband, recalls the dramatic days of wilful Guinevere, arrogant Lancelot, abstracted Merlin and intolerant Bishop Sansum, vying for mastery amid faction and bitter chaos. But, above all he tells the story of Arthur, royal bastard, unwise lover and inspired warlord, the only man who can hold Uther's throne for its infant heir and unite Britain's squabbling kingdoms against the enemy at their gates. Evoking the human realities behind the legends of romance and chivalry, Bernard Cornwell weaves a brutal, magnificent epic of war and love, magic and politics, as the old gods retreat before the spread of Christianity, and the Saxon invaders reach deeper into the heart of Britain ...

Sie suchten den Sieg und fanden die Unsterblichkeit. Der Schäfersohn Nicholas Hook gilt als Nichtsnutz, doch er hat eine außerordentliche Gabe: Jeder Pfeil, den er abschießt, trifft sein Ziel. Und so zieht Nick 1415 mit, als das Heer König Henrys V aufs Festland übersetzt. Als er die schöne Melisande trifft, lehrt sie ihn, dass nicht alle Franzosen Teufel sind. Eines Tages dann stehen bei dem Flecken Azincourt 6000 Engländer einem Heer von 30000 französischen Rittern gegenüber. Ein ungleicher Kampf. Die Geburt einer Legende. «Niemand auf der Welt kann das besser als Bernard Cornwell - sechshundert Jahre alte Action, so frisch, als wäre es keine Woche her, mit harten, rauen Kriegern, die klarstellen, dass sich nichts ändert - am allerwenigsten die Kunst, gute Geschichten zu erzählen.» LINCOLN CHILD

Ein fauler Frieden. Ein boser Krieg. Nur ein Verstoener kann England retten.Konig Alfred ist tot und sein Sohn Edward hat den Thron bestiegen. Das Reich scheint gerettet, doch der Frieden ist bruchig: Der Dane Cnut Langschwert begehrt nichts mehr als die Smaragdkrone von Wessex. Und im Land schwart der Verrat. Uhtred kann nicht helfen: Unerwunscht am Hofe Edwards, beschliet er, mit einer Schar furchtloser Krieger seinen Familiensitz Bebbanburg zuruckzuerobern.Bundnisse und Schwure brechen und viele Manner mussen sterben, als alle sachsischen Reiche in das bis dahin blutigste Ringen mit den Danen geraten: in einen Krieg, der uber mehr als einen Thron entscheiden wird und uber das Schicksal Englands.

'Some battles change nothing. Waterloo changed almost everything.' On the 18th June, 1815 the armies of France, Britain and Prussia descended upon a quiet valley south of Brussels. In the previous three days the French army had beaten the British at Quatre-Bras and the Prussians at Ligny. The Allies were in retreat. The blood-soaked battle of Waterloo would become a landmark in European history, to be examined over and again, not least because until the evening of the 18th, the French army was close to prevailing on the battlefield. Now, brought to life by the celebrated novelist Bernard Cornwell, this is the chronicle of the four days leading up to the actual battle and a thrilling hour-by-hour account of that fateful day. In his first work of non-fiction, Cornwell combines his storytelling skills with a meticulously researched history to give a riveting account of every dramatic moment, from Napoleon's escape from Elba to the smoke and gore of the battlefields. Through letters and diaries he also sheds new light on the private thoughts of Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington, as well as the ordinary officers and soldiers. Published to coincide with the bicentenary in 2015, Waterloo is a tense and gripping story of heroism and tragedy - and of the final battle that determined the fate of Europe.

Discover the classic adventure thriller from the legendary no.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Last Kingdom series Has you hooked from the beginning and keeps you wanting more. Once again Bernard Cornwell has taken me on an adventure5***** Reader ReviewA story full of twists. Cornwell had my enthralled5***** Reader Review________ Paul Shanahan - part-time surveyor, notorious arms dealer and sometime suspected CIA agent - is a full-time scoundrel. But hes the perfect man if you need an illicit operation done - and done well. So when five million dollars worth of gold smuggled out of the Middle-East needs to get from Morocco to Miami by boat with no questions asked, his is the name on everyones lips. Except this time, Paul has other, more personal plans for the money - a chance to get back home. But with every major power in the world - not to mention more than one terrorist organisation - also on the hunt for gold, Paul will have to be at his absolute best.Or he wont make it home alive . . .________Praise for Bernard Cornwell:Nobody in the world does this better than Cornwell Lee Child Perhaps the greatest writer of historical adventure novels todayWashington PostHes called a master storyteller. Really hes cleverer than thatTelegraphThe best battle scenes of any writer Ive ever read, past or present George R. R. Martin

The gripping thriller about one mans perilous journey through the high seas . . . FROM THE NO. 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SHARPE SERIESA classic Bernard Cornwell tale - fast and furious. Couldnt put it down but didnt want it to finish5***** Reader ReviewI was hooked from the start . . . One of Cornwells best. Explosive5***** Reader Review________Tim Blackburns wife died in a ball of flame in the Channel, victim of a mystery bomber. His son had died years earlier in Northern Ireland, killed in a terrorist attack. And his daughter Nicole had vanished in the North Pacific after joining an outlawed organisation called Genesis dedicated to saving the planet, by violence if necessary. The police think Nicole might have been involved in the death of her mother, but Tim wont believe it. And he means to prove it. With nothing else to live for, Tim goes in search of Nicole in his yacht Stormchild. He hopes to rescue her from the clutches of Genesis.But where would a secretive organization of ruthless environmentalists hide?And even if he does find Nicole, will he be a welcome visitor? . . .