![]() ![]() Vivid descriptions of merciless battlefield slaughter, rape, and destruction are artfully related by a masterful storyteller. “Slathered in blood and gore, Saxon warlord Uhtred of Bebbanburg hacks his way through the ninth century in the exciting fifth installment to bestseller Cornwell’s Saxon Tales series. It describes the May night in 1933 when 40,000 watched a bonfire on Unter den Linden, Berlin’s main street, as the flames devoured thousands of books written by Jews and others deemed un-German. ![]() Better, his major protagonist is totally believable and human.” - Robert Conroy, Library Journal Cornwell makes his subject material come alive. Sixteen-year-olds Matt and Dani are deep underground in a theater storage room when nuclear missiles hit, and when they emerge one month later, they struggle to survive in the radioactive wasteland that was once their home. “Cornwell (Agincourt) has been described as a master of historical fiction, but that may be an understatement. ![]() From bestselling historian and storyteller David O. “Cornwell, a master of martial fiction, makes history come alive with his rousing battlefield scenes.” - Margaret Flanagan, Booklist The Burning Land, book two of the Overstreet Saga, brings the listener back to the Civil War and its aftermath, when Americans fought each other over what the nation would become-a time of adventure, excitement, opportunity, and agonizing loss. ![]()
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