Saxon Chronicles

Bernard Cornwell, born on 23 February 1944 is an author of chronological novels. He is best for his novels based on Napoleonic combat rifleman Richard Sharpe that were personalized into a series of Sharpe television films. Bernard Cornwell’s father was a Canadian aviator and his mother was a member of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. As a point of fact, Bernard Cornwell was adopted as well as brought up in Thundersley, Essex, by Wiggin’s family, who were members of the weird people. Bernard Cornwell attended the Monkton Combe School and later at the University of London and after graduating he worked as a teacher.