Cornwell, Bernard

Presenst a history of the Battle of Waterloo, which took place in June of 1815 among the British and Prussians against Napoleon's French army, arguing that Waterloo can be seen as determining the fate of nineteenth-century Europe.

Young Thomas of Hookton, on a mission for King Edward to capture the castle of Astarac, becomes an outcast when he saves a beautiful woman from being burned as a heretic by a corrupt local priest, but his friends rally to his side when he uncovers a plot to create a fake Holy Grail for a diabolical purpose.

The battle for Manassas is a fight to the death, in the third volume of this acclaimed and powerful Civil War series.

Uhtred, having helped the Saxon king Alfred defeat the Danes, heads for Dunholm intending to free his stepsister who is being held prisoner in the Danish stronghold, and along the way falls in with Guthred, the self-proclaimed King of Northumbria, who has much to learn from Uhtred about battle, politics, and the ways of a monarch.

After his time as a mercenary archer in France, young Nicholas Hook returns to England, despite the warrant for his arrest, where he is discovered by the King of England--Henry V--who recruits Hook into his army and marches back into France where he becomes the army's--and the King's--only hope.

In ninth-century England, Uhtred of Bebbanburg is ordered by King Alfred to secure the borders of London and resist the attacks of the Norse Viking brothers Sigefrid and Erik Thurgilson, but his uncertain loyalties toward the crown, and his daughter's recent marriage, make it difficult for him to carry out the command.

Richard Sharpe is headed back to England when he finds himself drawn into the battle at Cape Trafalgar off the coast of Spain.

Captain Richard Sharpe, his crew disgraced after losing their regimental King's Colour in battle against Napoleon at Talavera, must overcome resentment from within the ranks to redeem the honor of his regiment by capturing one of the French army's valued Imperial Eagles.

Thomas of Hookton, having witnessed the massacre of the people of his coastal English village by a marauding band of French raiders on Easter morning 1343, embarks on a quest to hunt down the black-clad knight who led the attack.