Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell (1944 - ) is a British author of Historical Fiction, often about adventures in wartime.

He is most famous for the Sharpe novels, chiefly set during the Napoleonic Wars, which were adapted into a television movie series starring Sean Bean as Lt. Richard Sharpe.

Works by Cornwell include:

 * Sharpe -- follows the career of a soldier in the Peninsular War and beyond, up to Waterloo. After this, prequel novels covering the Anglo-Indian Wars and other conflicts were written, as well as more novels set during the Peninsular War.
 * The Warlord Chronicles -- "realistic" retelling of the King Arthur legends, set around the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain in the 5th century.
 * The Grail Quest -- a series set during The Hundred Years' War.
 * The Saxon Stories -- a series set during the Danish invasion of Anglo-Saxon England.
 * The Starbuck Chronicles -- set during the American Civil War.
 * Azincourt -- set during The Hundred Years' War.
 * Stonehenge -- set in prehistoric Britain.
 * Gallows Thief -- a murder mystery set shortly after the Napoleonic Wars.
 * Redcoat -- set during the American Revolution.
 * The Fort -- set during the American Revolution.

These and other works provide examples of:

 * Badass
 * Rated "M" for Manly
 * War Is Glorious
 * War Is Hell