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Bernard Cornwell

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in London, England, The United Kingdom

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Cornwell was born in London in 1944. His father was a Canadian airman, and his mother, who was English, a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. He was adopted and brought up in Essex by the Wiggins family, who were members of the Peculiar People, a strict Protestant sect who banned frivolity of all kinds and even medicine. After he left them, he changed his name to his birth mother's maiden name, Cornwell.

Cornwell was sent away to Monkton Combe School, attended the University of London, and after graduating, worked as a teacher. He attempted to enlist in the British armed services at least three times but was rejected on the grounds of myopia.

He then joined BBC's Nationwide and was promoted to become head of current affairs at BBC Nort ...more

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Waterstones: An Evening with Bernard Cornwell at St. James’s Church, London

On Tuesday 28 October I will be talking with Stig Abell at St. James’s Church, London beginning at 7pm

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Bernard Cornwell’s books

Average rating: 4.26 · 1,152,323 ratings · 50,711 reviews · 537 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 112,234 ratings — published 2004 — 150 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pale Horseman (The Saxon Stories, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 61,824 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 55,077 ratings — published 1995 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lords of the North (The Saxon Stories, #3) 4.36 avg rating — 52,778 ratings — published 2007 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sword Song (The Saxon Stories, #4) 4.33 avg rating — 45,544 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Burning Land (The Saxon Stories, #5) 4.31 avg rating — 41,079 ratings — published 2009 — 98 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death of Kings (The Saxon Stories, #6) 4.31 avg rating — 34,062 ratings — published 2011 — 91 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Archer's Tale (The Grail Quest, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 33,704 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Excalibur (The Warlord Chronicles, #3) 4.44 avg rating — 31,144 ratings — published 1997 — 110 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pagan Lord (The Saxon Stories, #7) 4.37 avg rating — 30,830 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Bernard Cornwell wrote a new blog post An Evening with Bernard Cornwell I am looking forward to participating in The Spectator evening speaker series on Monday 27 October in Westminster, London beginning at 7pmTickets: spe Read more of this blog post »
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Quotes by Bernard Cornwell (?)

“But fate, as Merlin always taught us, is inexorable. Life is a jest of the Gods, Merlin liked to claim, and there is no justice. You must learn to laugh, he once told me, or else you'll just weep yourself to death.”
― Bernard Cornwell, The Winter King

tags: laugh, life, religion, weep

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“Destiny is all, Ravn liked to tell me, destiny is everything. He would even say it in English, “Wyrd biõ ful ãræd.”
― Bernard Cornwell, The Last Kingdom

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“Don't tell me the moon is shining, show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
― Bernard Cornwall

tags: on-writing, readers-and-writers, writing, writing-craft

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Polls

January Side Read Nominations ~ 1st Poll
Top 5 Books Move Onto Final Poll

The Night She Disappeared

by Lisa Jewell

13 votes, 43.3%

All The Lonely People

by Mike Gayle

3 votes, 10.0%

Once There Were Wolves

by Charlotte McConaghy

3 votes, 10.0%

The Other Passenger

by Louise Candlish

2 votes, 6.7%

The Downstairs Girl

by Stacey Lee

2 votes, 6.7%

The Winter King

by Bernard Cornwell

2 votes, 6.7%

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

by Anthony Bourdain

2 votes, 6.7%

The Shadows We Hide

by Allen Eskens

2 votes, 6.7%

West with Giraffes

by Lynda Rutledge

1 vote, 3.3%

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

by Becky Chambers

0 votes, 0.0%

30 total votes

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