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En 1810, el poderoso y bien pertrechado ejército napoleónico se dispone de nuevo a invadir Portugal desde la frontera español ay empujar a los británicos hasta el mar. Sin embargo, deberán enfrentarse a algunos problemas: ante ellos se extienden unas tierras devastadas y en las que Wellington ha logrado que la comida sea inencontrable y, mas grave todavia, Richard Sharpe esta ansioso por entrar en combate. Sharpe se encuentra en dificultades, y un oficial con estrechas relaciones en las altas esferas hace que su carrera peligre. Encargado de la intendencia, no tarda en chocar tambien con las triquiñuelas de algunos portugueses que pretenden enriquecerse a costa de los franceses, y acabara por entablar una autentica guerra personal con Ferragus, un prestigioso criminal. El extraordinario relato del enfrentamiento entre Wellington y Massena en la batalla del Bussaco halla su colofon en unas extraordinarias escenas en la ciudad universitaria de Coimbra en las que la fuerza narrativa de Cornwell alcanza cotas simplemente insuperables.Bernard Cornwell nacio en Londres y vivio su infancia en el sur de Essex. Despues de graduarse en la Universidad de Londres, trabajo para la cadena de television de la BBC durante siete años, principalmente como realizador del programa Nationwide. Posteriormente se hizo cargo del departamento de actualidad de la BBC en Irlanda del Norte, y en 1978 paso a dirigir el programa Thames at Six, para la Thames Television. Actualmente reside en Estados Unidos. Sus series Arqueros del Rey, Sajones, vikingos y normandos y Richard Sharpe, que en España viene publicando Edhasa, le han convertido en uno de los escritores mas leidos y de mayor exito en el genero de la novela historica de aventuras.

The latest in the bestselling Alfred series from number one historical novelist, Bernard Cornwell. In the last years of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is in failing health, and his heir is an untested youth. The Danes, who have failed so many times to conquer Wessex, smell opportunity! First comes Harald Bloodhair, a savage warrior leading a Viking horde, who is encouraged to cruelty by his woman, Skade. But Alfred still has the services of Uhtred, his unwilling warlord, who leads Harald into a trap and, at Farnham in Surrey, inflicts one of the greatest defeats the Vikings were ever to suffer. This novel, the fifth in the magnificent series of England's history tells of the final assaults on Alfred's Wessex, that Wessex survived to become England is because men like Uhtred defeated an enemy feared throughout Christendom.

Con Sharpe y la fortaleza india, situada en diciembre de 1803, se completa el tríptico de las aventuras del valeroso fusilero en la India que forma con Sharpe y el tigre de Bengala y El triunfo de Sharpe. En esta ocasión, el conflicto al que se enfrenta el oficial Richard Sharpe nace de un aburrido empleo que le mantiene alejado de la acción, pero el robo del mítico tesoro del sultán Tipoo le da la oportunidad de reivindicarse ante sus superiores como uno de los oficiales más intrépidos de que disponen. De nuevo se verá las caras con su inefable contendiente, el pérfido espía Obadiah Hakeswill, y sobre todo con el escurridizo desertor William Dodd, que ya se le escapó de entre las manos en el último momento en El triunfo de Sharpe. Sin embargo, el más temible de sus rivales será ahora la en apariencia inexpugnable fortaleza de Gawilghur, el último refugio de un enemigo desesperado dispuesto a luchar hasta el final.

Tras una época de precariedad y batallas, el bravo guerrero Arturo ha logrado instaurar la paz entre los reinos britanos, y todo parece apuntar a una felicidad perpetua: el trono de Mordred está a salvo, Ginebra lleva en sus entrañas al hijo de Arturo, Lancelot está a punto de casarse. Pero Arturo, con su arrogancia de soldado, ha desdeñado la influencia de los caprichosos dioses paganos y de su aliado Merlín. Éste trata de reunir los trece objetos sagrados esparcidos por toda Britania para restituir el imperio del caos y expulsar a los sajones. ¿Cuándo podrán el bien y el orden imperar en la isla? Los sufrimientos de Arturo parecen no tener fin, sus adversarios son tenaces, pero en esta segunda entrega de las Crónicas del Señor de la Guerra el rey persevera en el cumplimiento de los altos idea les de la moral caballeresca. La emoción y la aventura están aseguradas.

'Captivate, kill or destroy the whole force of the enemy' was the order given to the American soldiers. THE FORT is the blistering new novel from worldwide bestseller Bernard Cornwell. Summer 1779. Seven hundred and fifty British soldiers and three small ships of the Royal Navy. Their orders: to build a fort above a harbour to create a base from which to control the New England seaboard. Forty-one American ships and over nine hundred men. Their orders: to expel the British. The battle that followed was a classic example of how the best-laid plans can be disrupted by personality and politics, and of how warfare can bring out both the best and worst in men. It is a timeless tale of men at war, written by a master storyteller.

Third volume in the bestselling Starbuck Chronicles. The battle for control of Richmond, the Confederate capital, continues through the hot summer of 1862.Captain Nate Starbuck, yankee fighting for the Southern cause, has to survive and win in the bitter struggle not only against the formidable Northern army but equally in opposition to his own superiors who would like nothing better than to see Nate Starbuck dead and dishonoured.Starbucks courage is tested to the limit in his desperate manoeuvres to retrieve his own and the Legions honour in this the thrid narrative of Bernard Cornwells sweeping epic of the American Civil War.

The new novel in Bernard Cornwell's number one bestselling series The Warrior Chronicles, on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. A fragile peace is about to be broken... King Alfred's son Edward and formidable daughter, Ethelflaed, rule Wessex, Mercia and East Anglia.But all around the restless Northmen, eyeing the rich lands and wealthy churches, are mounting raids. Uhtred of Bebbanburg, the kingdoms' greatest warrior, controls northern Mercia from the strongly fortified city of Chester. But forces are rising up against him. Northmen allied to the Irish, led by the fierce warrior Ragnall Ivarson, are soon joined by the Northumbrians, and their strength could prove overwhelming.Despite the gathering threat, both Edward and Ethelflaed are reluctant to move out of the safety of their fortifications. But with Uhtred's own daughter married to Ivarson's brother, who can be trusted? In the struggle between family and loyalty, between personal ambition and political commitment, there will be no easy path. But a man with a warrior's courage may be able to find it. Such a man is Uhtred,and this may be his finest hour.

Uhtred is an English boy, born into ninth-century aristocracy. Orphaned at ten, he is captured by the Danes and taught the Viking ways.But when Alfred, King of Wessex, leads an English army to fight the Viking warriors Uhtreds struggle to know where his loyalties lie must be resolved. In the bloodiest of battles he will discover his true allegiance and the conflict at the heart of a hero will be played out in the fight for England.

The new novel in Bernard Cornwells number one bestselling series The Warrior Chronicles, on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg.Alfred the Great is dead and Edward his son reigns as king. Wessex survives but peace cannot hold. The Danes in the north, led by Viking Cnut Longsword, stand ready to invade and will never rest until the emerald crown is theirs.Uhtred, once Alfreds great warrior but now out of favour with the new king, must lead a band of outcasts north to recapture his old family home, that great Northumbrian fortress, Bebbanburg.Loyalties will be divided and men will fall, as every Saxon kingdom is drawn into the bloodiest battle yet with the Danes; a war which will decide the fate of every king, and the entire English nation.

In a clash of heroes, the kingdom is born.The year is 885, and England is at peace, divided between the Danish kingdom to the north and Alfred's kingdom of Wessex in the south. But trouble stirs, a dead man has risen and new Vikings have arrived to occupy London.It is a dangerous time, and it falls to Uhtred, half Saxon, half Dane, a man feared and respected the length and breadth of Britain, to expel the Viking raiders and take control of London for Alfred. His uncertain loyalties must now decide England's future.A gripping tale of love, rivalry and violence, Sword Song tells the story of England's making.

The new novel in Bernard Cornwell's number one bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. BBC2's major TV show THE LAST KINGDOM is based on the first two books in the series. A fragile peace is about to be broken...King Alfred's son Edward and formidable daughter, Aethelflaed, rule Wessex, Mercia and East Anglia. But all around the restless Northmen, eyeing the rich lands and wealthy churches, are mounting raids. Uhtred of Bebbanburg, the kingdoms' greatest warrior, controls northern Mercia from the strongly fortified city of Chester. But forces are rising up against him. Northmen allied to the Irish, led by the fierce warrior Ragnall Ivarson, are soon joined by the Northumbrians, and their strength could prove overwhelming. Despite the gathering threat, both Edward and Aethelflaed are reluctant to move out of the safety of their fortifications. But with Uhtred's own daughter married to Ivarson's brother, who can be trusted? In the struggle between family and loyalty, between personal ambition and political commitment, there will be no easy path. But a man with a warrior's courage may be able to find it. Such a man is Uhtred,and this may be his finest hour.

La compañía del teniente de fusileros Richard Sharpe, un soldado audaz, profesional e implacable, es enviada a destruir un puente sobre el Tajo. Pero lo que en un principio no es más que una simple demostracion de fuerza se convierte en una ignominiosa derrota cuando la caballeria de Napoleon aparece en el campo de batalla. Sharpe, un oficial que ha ascendido por su valentia tras largos años de servicio en el ejercito, no esta dispuesto a olvidar esta afrenta. El peligro acecha, y procede tanto de las tropas francesas como de su propio bando. Lacampaña de Talavera, en julio de 1809, le brindara la oportunidad anhelada de vengar su honor entre el humo de la polvora, los sables ensangrentados y el incesante estampido de los cañones.

The master of historical fiction presents the iconic story of King Alfred and the making of a nation. As the ninth century wanes, England appears about to be plunged into chaos once more. For the Viking-raised but Saxon-born warrior, Uhtred, whose life seems to shadow the making of England, this presents him with difficult choices. King Alfred is dying and his passing threatens the island of Britain to renewed warfare. Alfred wants his son, Edward, to succeed him but there are other Saxon claimants to the throne as well as ambitious pagan Vikings to the north. Uhtred's loyalty -- and his vows -- were to Alfred, not to his son, and despite his long years of service to Alfred, he is still not committed to the Saxon cause. His own desire is to reclaim his long lost lands and castle to the north. But the challenge to him, as the king's warrior, is that he knows that he will either be the means of making Alfred's dream of a united and Christian England come to pass or be responsible for condemning it to oblivion. This novel is a dramatic story of the power of tribal commitment and the terrible difficulties of divided loyalties. This is the making of England magnificently brought to life by the master of historical fiction.