What are some good fiction books to read ?
Try Bernard Cornwell’s ‘Richard Sharpe’ books, which follow the fortunes of a soldier in Wellington’s army from India to the Napoleonic Wars. The first book is ‘Sharpe’s Tiger’. He also has: ‘The Starbuck Chronicles’, set during the American Civil War. They follow the exploits of a young Boston-born Confederate officer, Nathaniel Starbuck. The first book is ‘Rebel’. The ‘Warlord’ trilogy about Arthurian Britain – first book is ‘The Winter King’. ‘The Grail Quest’ novels dealing with a search for the Holy Grail – first book is ‘Harlequin’. The ‘Saxon Stories’, focusing on the reign of Alfred the Great. The first in the series is ‘The Last Kingdom’.
