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Bernard Cornwell

1944 - Today

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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. He has written historical novels primarily based on English history, in five series, and one series of contemporary thriller novels. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernard Cornwell is the 1,468th most popular writer (down from 1,103rd in 2019), the 1,328th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 840th in 2019) and the 140th most popular British Writer.

Bernard Cornwell is most famous for his Sharpe series, a series of novels about a British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars.

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Among writers, Bernard Cornwell ranks 1,468 out of 7,302. Before him are César Vallejo, Phrynichus, Ernst Hanfstaengl, J. Michael Straczynski, Albert of Aix, and Vasily Shukshin. After him are Victor Serge, Liang Qichao, Dan Simmons, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Paul Rée, and Marie de Gournay.

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Among people born in 1944, Bernard Cornwell ranks 149. Before him are Gary Busey, Tsuyoshi Kunieda, Alice Walker, Ranulph Fiennes, Vlastimil Hort, and Frank Oz. After him are Oqil Oqilov, Tony Atkinson, Mary Robinson, John Densmore, Joseph Boakai, and Daniel Pennac.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bernard Cornwell ranks 1,328 out of 8,785. Before him are John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713), Ian Anderson (1947), James Ferguson (1797), Arnold Toynbee (1852), Rick Parfitt (1948), and Henry (1100). After him are Eddie Redmayne (1982), Robert Wyatt (1945), Ewan McGregor (1971), Olave Baden-Powell (1889), Alan Baker (1939), and John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1462).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Bernard Cornwell ranks 140. Before him are John Berger (1926), Allan Pinkerton (1819), Ruth Rendell (1930), James Anderson (1680), Evelyn Waugh (1903), and Lee Child (1954). After him are Joseph Addison (1672), Alistair MacLean (1922), Winifred Wagner (1897), Elizabeth Siddal (1829), Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689), and Kate Atkinson (1951).

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