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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.

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Bernard Cornwell

Stormens krigere

Der hersker en skrøbelig fred i Wessex, Mercia og East Anglia. Kong Edward og Æthelflaed regerer kongedømmerne, men under overfladen lurer et angreb fra de rastløse nordboere. Uhtred af Bebbanburg frygter de fjendtlige krigere, der bliver ledet af den frygtløse Ragnall Ivarson, for deres styrke kan vise sig at være overvældende. Samtidig er Ivarsons bror gift med Uhtreds datter, så hvem kan han stole på. I "Stormens krigere" er der ingen nem udvej, men en stor kriger med stort mod ligesom Uthred er måske den eneste, der kan finde den

Bernard Cornwell blev født i London i 1944 af en far og en mor, der arbejde i henholdsvis det canadiske og det britiske flyvevåben. Han opvoksede som adoptivbarn i en religiøs sekt, men fandt sidenhen vej til London University, og herefter fik han arbejde som journalist hos BBC. Da han mødte sin amerikanske kone, Judy, flyttede han til USA og begyndte at skrive romaner. "Stormens krigere" er 9. bind i Bernard Cornwells episke historiske serie om Uthred og sakserne.

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Publish date07 Feb 2018

Published byLindhardt og Ringhof

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ISBN audio9788711956977