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The Winter King

Bernard Cornwell

Book 1 of The Warlord Chronicles

  • 434 pages · about 7 hours
  • First published 1995
  • 15 editions
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1 About this book

Uther, the High King of Britain, has died, leaving the infant Mordred as his only heir. His uncle, the loyal and gifted warlord Arthur, now rules as caretaker for a country which has fallen into chaos - threats emerge from within the British kingdoms while vicious Saxon armies stand ready to invade. As he struggles to unite Britain and hold back the Saxon enemy, Arthur is embroiled in a doomed romance with beautiful Guinevere.

Good for readers who want: fantasy, historical fiction, and mythology.

  • Arthurian romances
  • Fantasy
  • Historical fiction
  • Mythology
  • Fantasy, historical
  • Arthurian romances, adaptations
  • Kings and rulers
  • Social life and customs

2 About Bernard Cornwell

Born 1944

Bernard Cornwell (born 23 February 1944) is an English author of historical novels and a history of the Waterloo campaign. He is best known for his long-running series of novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe. He has also written The Saxon Stories, a series of thirteen novels about the unification of England.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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