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Cornwell's best known books feature the adventures of Richard Sharpe, a British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. The first 11 books of the Sharpe series (beginning in chronological order with Sharpe's Rifles and ending with Sharpe's Waterloo, published in the US as Waterloo) detail Sharpe's adventures in various Peninsular War campaigns over the course of 6–7 years.
Bernard Cornwell has written 24 novels and three short stories starring Richard Sharpe. The first book Sharpe's Eagle was written in 1981, with Sharpe in Spain at the Talavera Campaign in 1809. The next seven books were written in order, up to Sharpe's Siege in 1814.
The Fort, published in 2010, is another of Cornwell's stand-alone novels. It tells of the Penobscot Expedition of 1779 during the American Revolutionary War. Bernard Cornwell has been extremely successful in his writing career, selling 30 million books by 2015 throughout the various series and individual novels, and he continues to write new ...
On 5 March 2020, Cornwell announced on social media that the 13th book, War Lord, would be the final novel in the series. [5] Following is a list of the novels with their UK publication years. The Last Kingdom (2004) The Pale Horseman (2005) The Lords of the North (2006) Sword Song (2007) The Burning Land (2009) Death of Kings (2011) The Pagan ...
It is the twentieth full-length novel in the series in order of publication, and takes place between the events of Sharpe's Rifles and Sharpe's Eagle. Cornwell, Bernard (7 April 2003). Sharpe's Havoc (1st ed.). London: Harper Collins. ISBN 0-00-712010-9.
Sharpe's Command is a historical novel in the Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell, first published in 2023. The story leads up to the Battle of Almaraz, which took place on 18–19 May 1812 in the Peninsular War.
Sharpe's Rifles is chronologically the sixth, but the ninth published, historical novel in the Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell, first published in 1988. The narrative follows Sharpe and his unit as they are caught up in the French invasion of Galicia, Spain in January 1809 during the Peninsular War.
Sharpe's Eagle is a historical novel in the Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell, first published in 1981. The story is set in July 1809, in the midst of the Talavera Campaign during the Peninsular War. It was the first Sharpe novel published, but eighth in the series' chronological order.