![]() ![]() When he fell in love with an American, he took more than a leap of the heart. Cornwell's elegant braid is that he loves to write, finds in the process the same joy of discovery that he seeks to share with his reader. Cornwell conscientiously offers readers an accounting of where the latter has had to give way to the former. Then he can honor his other commitment - to be true to the history. Cornwell says his first duty is as an historical novelist - to tell a good story. Always.īut not before a terrific story can be told! That's what Mr. Cornwell concludes that in the end, it is the pious bores who win. With some apparent sense of resignation, perhaps regret, Mr. Marauding lawless warrior Danes versus pious Saxon king Alfred the law-giver and his conscript farmer-soldiers. ![]() Cornwell has set in motion in this new series. Along the way, he'll revitalize Alfred’s daughter who’s been lost to history even though she was a heroine and led armies against the Danes. He will take us through three generations. ![]() ![]() It starts with The Last Kingdom, in which he tells rousing stories of what he calls men behaving badly. Cornwell’s latest series, focused on King Alfred the Great. What do men fight over? Land and resources, says internationally admired historical novelist Bernard Cornwell. ![]()
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