Stormchild

About the Author

BERNARD CORNWELL is the author of the acclaimed and bestselling Richard Sharpe series; the Grail Quest series; the Grail Quest series; the Nathaniel Starbuck Chronicles; the Warlord Trilogy; and many other novels, including Redcoat, Stonehenge 2000 B.C., and Gallows Thief. He lives with his wife on Cape Cod.

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The Sharpe Novels (in chronological order)

SHARPE’S TIGER^* SHARPE’S TRIUMPH^*

SHARPE’S FORTRESS^* SHARPE’S TRAFALGAR^*

SHARPE’S PREY^* SHARPE’S RIFLES • SHARPE’S HAVOC^*

SHARPE’S EAGLE SHARPE’S GOLD • SHARPE’S ESCAPE^*

SHARPE’S BATTLE^* SHARPE’S COMPANY

SHARPE’S SWORD SHARPE’S ENEMY

SHARPE’S HONOUR SHARPE’S REGIMENT

SHARPE’S SIEGE SHARPE’S REVENGE

SHARPE’S WATERLOO SHARPE’S DEVIL^*

The Nathaniel Starbuck Chronicles

REBEL^* COPPERHEAD^* • BATTLE FLAG^*

THE BLOODY GROUND^*

The Grail Quest Series

THE ARCHER’S TALE^* VAGABOND^* • ERETIC^*

Other Novels

A CROWNING MERCY^* SCOUNDREL^*

REDCOAT^* STONEHENGE, 2000 B.C.: A NOVEL^*

GALLOWS THIEF^* STORMCHILD^*

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This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Mobipocket Reader December 2006 ISBN 978-0-06-121344-1

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