I Pray You Gentlefolk Attend

Fools and Mortals by Bernard Cornwell The scene, London, England during the reign of her gracious majesty Queen Elizabeth I. Enter a player, Richard Shakespeare, the brother of the celebrated playwright and actor William Shakespeare. Chafing under the shadow of his...

Before Britannia

The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell It is the middle of the Ninth Century, the England as we know it exists only as a dream, a dream in the mind of one man, Alfred, King of the West Saxons. But it is a dream that will not come easy or without a cost. England is a...

The Fate of Europe Rests in Your Hands

Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles by Bernard Cornwell On June 18th 1815 three armies descended on an unremarkable valley south of the town of Brussels. On the one side, Napoleon Bonaparte, exiled Emperor of the French anxious to...