Bernard Cornwell, (born 23 February 1944) is an English author of historical novels and a history of the Waterloo Campaign. He is best known for his novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe. He has written historical novels primarily on English history in five series, and one series of contemporary thriller novels. A feature of his historical novels is an end note on how they match or differ from history, and what one might see at the modern sites of the battles described. One series is set in the American Civil War. He wrote a nonfiction book on the battle of Waterloo, in addition to the fictional story of the famous battle in the Sharpe Series. Two of the historical novel series have been adapted for television: the Sharpe television series by ITV and The Last Kingdom by BBC. He lives in the US with his wife, alternating between Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Charleston, South Carolina.
Kongernes sværd er 12. bog i Cornwells populære vikingeserie om Uhtred og sakserne.
Et løfte bandt Uthred til kong Alfred. Et løfte bandt ham til Æthelflaed. Og nu vil et løfte tvinge ham væk fra sit fædrene hjem, som han har kæmpet så hårdt for at genvinde. For Uthred har svoret, at når kong Edward dør, vil han slå to mænd ihjel. Og nu ligger Edward for døden. Sammen med en lille gruppe krigere rejser Uthred mod syd og direkte ind i skiftende alliancer og kampen om kongedømmet, hvor han får brug for al sin styrke for at overvinde den stærkeste kriger af dem alle.
Banen er kridtet op med to kæmpende konger og deres hære på hver side, og skæbnen har ført Uthred til London, hvor han endnu en gang skal stå forrest i kampen, der vil efterlade en konge sejrrig og en anden død.
"Bernard Cornwell skriver de bedste kampscener, jeg nogensinde har læst." - George R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones
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