The Burning Land

ISBN-13: 9780007219766 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 400 str.

Bernard Cornwell

Opis

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.

Recenzje

Praise for The Burning Land:

'Cornwell draws a fascinating picture of England as it might have been before anything like England existed'
The Times

Praise for AZINCOURT:

'This is a magnificent and gory work' Daily Mail

'The historical blockbuster of the year' Evening Standard

'If Bernard Cornwell was born to write one book, this is it. No other historical novelist has acquired such a mastery of the minutiae of warfare in centuries past.' Daily Telegraph

'A runaway success' Observer

Praise for Bernard Cornwell:

'The characterisation, as ever, is excellent...And one can only admire the little touches that bring the period to life. He can also claim to be a true poet of both the horror and the glory of war.' Sunday Telegraph

This is typical Cornwell, meticulously researched, massive in scope, brilliant in execution'. News of the World

'He's called a master story-teller. Really he's cleverer than that.' Telegraph

O autorze

Bernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex and worked for the BBC for eleven years before meeting Judy, his American wife. Denied an American work permit he wrote a novel instead and has been writing ever since. He and Judy divide their time between Cape Cod and Charleston, South Carolina.