Battle Flag
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Battle Flag by Bernard Cornwell
Third volume in the bestselling Starbuck Chronicles. The battle for control of Richmond, the Confederate capital, continues through the hot summer of 1862. Captain Nate Starbuck, yankee fighting for the Southern cause, has to survive and win in the bitter struggle not only against the formidable Northern army but equally in opposition to his own superiors who would like nothing better than to see Nate Starbuck dead and dishonoured. Starbuck’s courage is tested to the limit in his desperate manoeuvres to retrieve his own and the Legion’s honour in this the thrid narrative of Bernard Cornwell’s sweeping epic of the American Civil War.Praise for BATTLE FLAG:
‘A humdinger of a blood-and-guts battle’ Daily Mail
‘Admirably catches the chaotic and bloody nature of the action. . it’s a state-of-the-art swashbuckler’ Sunday Times
Cornwell unerringly hits his form . . . battle-scenes of exceptional grandeur pictured in brisk, pungent prose’ Mail on Sunday
Praise for Bernard Cornwell:
‘The best battle scenes of any writer I’ve ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive.’ George R.R. Martin
Bernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex and
worked for the BBC for eleven years before meeting Judy, his
American wife. Denied an American work permit he wrote a
novel instead and has been writing ever since. He and Judy
divide their time between Cape Cod and Charleston, South
Carolina.
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ISBN 13 | 9780007497942 |
ISBN 10 | 0007497946 |
Title | Battle Flag |
Author | Bernard Cornwell |
Series | The Starbuck Chronicles |
Condition | Unavailable |
Binding Type | Paperback |
Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
Year published | 2013-09-26 |
Number of pages | 480 |
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