- Fiction, Prehistoric peoples, Megalithic monuments, History
'Discover a time of ritual and sacrifice...A land steeped in blood and glory...A family of brothers whose deadly rivalries and glorious ambitionswill forever mark the world. In this rousing epic, Bernard Cornwell has created the Most compelling and powerful human drama of its kind since Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth and Edward Rutherford's Sarum.
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- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Bernard Cornwell
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 496
- Publisher
- Chivers Audio Books, Chivers Press, HarperCollins Publishers
- Editions
- 37
- Language
- German, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780002259705
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Bernard Cornwell (born February 23, 1944) is an English author of historical novels, known for his meticulous research and engaging storytelling. Born in London, England, to a Canadian airman father and a mother in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, he was adopted by a family in Essex belonging to the Peculiar People sect. Cornwell attended London University and worked as a teacher before joining the BBC, where he spent a decade, eventually becoming Head of Current Affairs in Northern Ireland. Bernard Cornwell is renowned for his long-running series of novels, including the *Sharpe* series about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe, the *Saxon Stories* (also known as *The Last Kingdom* seri
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