Winter king novel king arthur by bernard cornwell abebooks. The winter king book by bernard cornwell thriftbooks. Uther, the high king, has died, leaving the infant mordred as hi. The warlord trilogy is my attempt to tell the story of arthur, rex quondam rexque futurus, the once and future king, although i doubt he ever was a king. The winter king isbn 9780312156961 pdf epub bernard. Derfel, once a captain in arthurs warband, recalls the dramatic days of wilful guinevere, arrogant lancelot, abstracted merlin and intolerant bishop sansum, vying for mastery amid faction and bitter chaos. I have been obsessed with the legend since i was a lad witnessing the sword in the stone in the 80s. Interestingly enough, arthur is not the central hero of the book that role falls to derfel, a saxon boy who escapes a druid death pit to be raised by britons and eventually become. Of course, as cornwell acknowledges in his wry introductory note, so little is known of sixthcentury britain that we cannot even be certain that arthur existed, much less his knights of the round table. The winter king, enemy of god, excalibur ebook written by bernard cornwell. Cornwell, comes a brilliant retelling of the arthurian legend, combining myth, history.
Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Bernard cornwell is the author of the acclaimed new york times bestselling saxon tales series, which includes the last kingdom, the pale horseman, lords of the north, sword song, the burning land, death of kings, the pagan lord, and, most recently, the empty throne and warriors of the storm, and which serves as the basis for the hit television series the last kingdom. The story is written as a mixture of historical fiction and arthurian mythology. Winter king by bernard cornwell, first edition, signed abebooks. Now with enemy of god, cornwell s magical recreation continues.
Buy the winter king by cornwell, bernard from amazons fiction books store. Additional gift options are available when buying one ebook at a time. Mar 31, 2017 open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. With the winter king, the first volume of his magnificent the warlord chronicles, bernard cornwell unveils the story he was born to write.
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