BookBanter Episode 005 - Bernard Cornwell
Welcome to Episode 5 of BookBanter and this month’s episode features my interview with bestselling historical fiction author Bernard Cornwell. Some of his books include the successful Sharpe series, the Grail Quest series, and the Saxon Chronicles series. His latest book, Agincourt, centers on the monumental battle of the Hundred Years War where the British miraculously beat the French against unbeatable odds. Our hero is Nicholas Hook, a skilled archer, who at times just manages to scrape through with his life.
The episode begins with my review of Agincourt, followed by the interview with Bernard Cornwell. This is followed by my reviews for: Contagious by Scott Sigler, The Black Mirror and Other Stories: An Anthology of Science Fiction From Germany and Austria edited by Franz Rottensteiner, I Saw You . . . Comics Inspired by Real-Life Missed Connections edited by Julia Wertz, The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer and translated by Burton Raffel, The Thing About Life is That One Day You’ll be Dead by David Shields, and The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes.
If you are interested in purchasing any of Bernard Cornwell’s books, or other books that I have reviewed, simply click on any of the links below:
Bernard Cornwell:
The Black Mirror edited by Franz Rottensteiner
I Saw You . . . edited by Julia Wertz
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
The Thing About Life is That One Day You’ll be Dead by David Shields
The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes
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Thanks for listening to BookBanter and see you April 15th for Episode 6 with Amber Benson.
Best,
Alex C. Telander.
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That Bernard is one funny man! And what a reason to start up writing - ‘better than working’! Great interview plus very intrigued with Agincourt now!
Dan said this on April 1st, 2009 at 5:47 am
I have a book about Agincourt too! It’s called At Agincourt: A Tale of the White Hoods of Paris
Maybe I should read it
Aric said this on April 2nd, 2009 at 9:53 pm
The title is Azincourt, not Agincourt!
Cheers,
R
Rodney said this on July 19th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Well, over in the US it was released as “Agincourt,” though I know the real title is “Azincourt,” and actually ask Bernard about this in the interview!
Alex.
bookbanter said this on July 19th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
I hope we are going to see some more of Sharpe.
Larry E. Griffiths said this on February 2nd, 2010 at 3:06 pm