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Somehow weвЂ™ve sort of forgotten the Anglo-Saxon period.вЂќДЄ family reunion put him on the right path. Primary school sort of taught me about King Alfred, but basically all youвЂ™re told is that he was a very bad baker. вЂњI think I got a very good education in history when I grew up in England, but nobody ever told me this. вЂњIt always struck me as very odd that it wasnвЂ™t better known,вЂќ he says. The author, who studied history at UCL, had long wanted to tell the story of the making of England. (Cornwell loves it, although he has had no involvement other than having his throat cut by Uhtred in one episode.)

The novel is dedicated to Alexander Dreymon, who plays Uhtred in the BBC and NetflixвЂ™s adaptation of The Last Kingdom, which has just been renewed for a fifth season. War Lord, which concludes the series, sees Cornwell, in his typically intelligent and brutal fashion, focus on the battle of Brunanburh in 937AD, after which the Saxons incorporated Northumbria into their own country, and England вЂ“ Englaland, land of the Angles, in the novels вЂ“ came into existence. I mean, IвЂ™m 76!Д¬ornwell has told the story of Uhtred, the English heir to Bebbanburg (or Bamburgh) over 13 books after being captured and raised by Danes, he serves Alfred and ultimately fights to reclaim his home. Part of me dreads the thought of starting another series. The world was just shutting down in March when he put the finishing touches to War Lord, the final book in his The Last Kingdom series, about Alfred the GreatвЂ™s dream to unite the four Saxon kingdoms of Wessex, Mercia, East Anglia and Northumbria to form England. вЂњAnd Judy and I have been married 40 years now, too, so it seems to have worked out all right.вЂќД¬ornwell has been writing and sailing his way through lockdown. One, moving to America without a job, and two, throwing myself on the mercy of writing a novel. вЂњI look back on it and I think this was insane. вЂњHe said, вЂIt must be a fucking awful novel,вЂ™ and walked away, but I went up to him again, almost on my knees, and said вЂPlease, please will you read my book?вЂ™вЂќ Eady eventually agreed, landed him a seven-book contract with HarperCollins within a few weeks, and the rest is history: HarperCollins is still CornwellвЂ™s publisher, and Eady was still his agent until his death two years ago. Photograph: ITV / Rex FeaturesД«ook written, he found representation after hassling Toby Eady, a literary agent he met by chance at a Thanksgiving party in New York. Sean Bean (centre) as Sharpe in the 1992 ITV adaptation. (вЂњI thought once IвЂ™ve got the real name IвЂ™ll go through and cross out Richard Sharpe, but it stuck.вЂќ)

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Today, the bestselling books вЂ“ and the TV adaptation starring Sean Bean вЂ“ have given Sharpe an unassailable place in our literary canon back in 1980, however, Cornwell landed on his heroвЂ™s name somewhat haphazardly, by adding an вЂњeвЂќ to the name of the English rugby player. Why wasnвЂ™t anyone doing it for the army? So he created Richard Sharpe, a soldier, hero and rogue born into poverty who fights his way up the armyвЂ™s ranks, his face вЂњgiven a mocking look by the scarred left cheekвЂќ. A huge fan of CS ForesterвЂ™s Hornblower, Dudley Pope, Alexander Kent and Patrick OвЂ™Brian, he realised that вЂњall these guys are making a living out of telling how the Royal Navy beat up NapoleonвЂќ. вЂњAnd 40 years ago I threw it up and said to Judy, вЂDonвЂ™t worry darling, IвЂ™ll write a novel.вЂ™вЂќ With sly humour, he adds: вЂњYou know as well as I do, journalists all think they can write a novel.вЂќД¬ornwell was one of the journalists who actually could. вЂњI used to have a proper job,вЂќ says Cornwell, speaking on the phone from Cape Cod. Cornwell, at that point the BBCвЂ™s head of current affairs television in Northern Ireland, had left his job for love вЂ“ following Judy, a visiting American heвЂ™d fallen head over heels for, back to the US. B ernard Cornwell, one of the worldвЂ™s bestselling historical novelists, author of more than 50 books with 25m sales around the world, wrote his first book because he couldnвЂ™t get a green card.

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