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In the summer of 1861 the armies of North and South stood on the brink of America's civil war. 'Rebel' tells how a northern boy, Nathaniel Starbuck, came to be fighting for the southern cause.
Jilted by his girl and estranged from his family, Starbuck arrives in Richmond, Virginia, capital of the Confederate South. He is rescued by the rich and eccentric Washington Faulconer, who is raising his own elite regiment to fight against the Yankees. Starbuck enlists in the Faulconer Legion, even though it could mean fighting against his own people.
Others face similar dilemmas, but soon all confusion will be resolved by the shocking violence of the war which broke American in two.
'Rebel' marks the beginning of a magnificent new series from the bestselling creator of Richard Sharpe.
RRP: $19.95
| ISBN 13: | 9780006179207 |
| ISBN 10: | 0006179207 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Pages: | 437 |
| Dimensions: | 175 x 108 mm |
| Released: | 13/04/1994 |
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Born in Essex in 1944, Bernard Cornwell was adopted at the age of six weeks by two members of a strict fundamentalist sect called the Peculiar People. He grew up in a household that forbade alcohol, cigarettes, dances, television, conventional medicine and toy guns. Not surprisingly, he developed a fascination for military adventure. As a teenager he devoured CS Forester's Hornblower novels and tried to enlist three times. Poor eyesight put paid to his dream, instead he went to university to read theology. On graduating, he became a teacher, then joined BBC's Nationwide, working his way up the ladder to become head of current affairs at BBC Northern Ireland, then editor of Thames News. In 1979, his life changed when he fell in love with an American.
"Judy couldn't live here, so I gave up my job and moved to the US. I couldn't get a green card, and for 18 months the only thing I could do was write novels." The result was his first book about 19th century hero, Richard Sharpe, Sharpe's Eagle.
Today with 15 Sharpe adventures behind him and worldwide sales of over 2 million, plus a successful series of novels about the American Civil War, the Starbuck Chronicles, and the first instalment of a new Arthurian trilogy, Bernard Cornwell owns houses in Cape Cod and Florida and two boats. His success, nevertheless, has been accompanies by much hard work. Each Sharpe novel requires weeks of research, often abroad, and takes at least five months to write, working from early in the morning until 6pm. Every year, however, he takes two months off and spends most of his time on his 24 foot Cornish crabber, Royalist.
Bernard and Judy married in 1980, are still married, still live in the States and he is still writing Sharpe. Look out for his new book Death of Kings to be released in 2011.
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