Bernard Cornwell Quote
Ranks of men on foot, men with shields, men with weapons, a shield wall that was meant to awe us, and it did.A shield wall is a terrible thing. It is a wall of wood, iron, and steel with one purpose alone, to kill.And this shield wall was massive, a wall of painted round shields stretching wide across the ridge’s flat top, and above it were the banners of the jarls, chieftains, and kings who had come to kill us.
Bernard Cornwell
Ranks of men on foot, men with shields, men with weapons, a shield wall that was meant to awe us, and it did.A shield wall is a terrible thing. It is a wall of wood, iron, and steel with one purpose alone, to kill.And this shield wall was massive, a wall of painted round shields stretching wide across the ridge’s flat top, and above it were the banners of the jarls, chieftains, and kings who had come to kill us.
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About Bernard Cornwell
He has written historical novels primarily based on English history, in five series, and one series of contemporary thriller novels. A feature of his historical novels is an end note on how they match or differ from history, and what one might see at the modern sites of the events described. He wrote a nonfiction book on the battle of Waterloo, in addition to the fictional story of the famous battle in the Sharpe series. Three of the historical novel series have been adapted for television: the Sharpe television series by ITV, The Last Kingdom by the BBC/Netflix and The Winter King for MGM+. He lives in the US with his wife, alternating between Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Charleston, South Carolina.