Bernard cornwell is well known and admired for the realism and imagination with which he brings earlier worlds to life. Stonehenge, not unsurprisngly, refers to the building of stonehence, circa 2000 b. Written by bernard cornwell, narrated by jonathan keeble. Browse through our online bernard cornwell collection to find all of his top selling novels including excalibur, sword of kings and sharpes fury to name a few.
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