Historical fiction Fantasy Classics 1995

Winter King by Bernard Cornwell

Published in Spanish as El rey del invierno (I)

With The Winter King, the first volume of his magnificent Warlord Chronicles, Bernard Cornwell turns to the story he was born to write: the mythic saga of King Arthur.

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What it is

A myth or a classic told anew · a world to get lost in

What happens in it

Retelling War from the inside

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How it's told

Who tells it
First person
Style
Easy to get into

Before you pick it up

Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you like an old story told again
  • you want something big, with room to breathe
  • you want a love story at the heart of it

Maybe not if…

  • you're after something comforting

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