by Bernard Cornwell · Mondadori · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788804459712
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«Il re d'inverno» is the historical novel by Bernard Cornwell, published by Mondadori in paperback (392 pages, in Italian).
In Britain abandoned by Rome, young Arthur, with the help of the wizard Merlin, must protect the heir Mordred and halt the Saxon invasion from the east. His refusal of a state marriage for love of Guinevere unleashes conflict, and the kingdom's forces gather around Excalibur.
First instalment of the series The Warlord Chronicles, originally published as The Winter King. In Italy it is part of the cycle La Saga di Excalibur, within the Oscar bestsellers collection.
For fans of historical fiction and the Arthurian legend, particularly medieval-set sagas with power struggles.
Bernard Cornwell is an English author of historical novels and a history of the Waterloo campaign. He is best known for his long-running series of novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe. He has also written The Saxon Stories, a series of thirteen novels about the unification of England.
