Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell in 2013.

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.

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Works written by Bernard 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.

Bernard Cornwell provides examples of the following tropes:

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