![]() ![]() Bernard and Judy married in 1980, are still married, still live in the States and he is still writing Sharpe. Bernard Cornwell The Last Kingdom Series 12 Books Collection Set Paperback The Pagan Lord The new novel in Bernard Cornwells number one bestselling series The. He decided to earn a living by writing, a job that did not need a permit from the US government – and for some years he had been wanting to write the adventures of a British soldier in the Napoleonic wars – and so the Sharpe series was born. Judy was unable to move to Britain for family reasons so Bernard went to the States where he was refused a Green Card. ![]() It was while working in Belfast that he met Judy, a visiting American, and fell in love. The first installment of Bernard Cornwells New York Times bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, like Game of Thrones. He began as a researcher on the Nationwide programme and ended as Head of Current Affairs Television for the BBC in Northern Ireland. He was adopted by a family in Essex who belonged to a religious sect called the Peculiar People (and they were), but escaped to London University and, after a stint as a teacher, he joined BBC Television where he worked for the next 10 years. ![]() Bernard Cornwell was born in London – a 'warbaby' – whose father was a Canadian airman and mother in Britain’s Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. ![]()
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