Rebel
The Starbuck Chronicles, Vol. 1

Read this book in 2005, and its the 1st part of the "Nathaniel Starbuck" chronicles, which is set during the American Civil War. The historical details concerning this period of American history are very well researched and used within this series of books, of which this is the first one, which is se......more

Review in Portuguese from Desbravando Livros: Só pra variar um pouquinho, mais uma resenha do autor Bernard Cornwell aqui no blog. Esse é o 21º (!) livro do autor que eu desbravo e simplesmente não consigo parar. Minha meta é ler todos os livros do mestre até morrer, então tenho um bom tempo e muitas......more

Rebel is the first in the Nathaniel Starbuck series. Cornwell is best known for the Richard Sharpe series, but he has also written novels about Stonehenge and the Arthurian legend (all on my must-read list). The Starbuck series follows Nate Starbuck, son of Elial Joseph Starbuck, a radical abolition......more

I am quite a fan of Bernard Cornwell , one of the great historical novelists of today,. his books are both easy to read and difficult to put down, I have not yet read the Sharpe series, but have read the Saxon Chronicles, The first book in the Warlord Series, the Grailquest series, , Stonehenge, and......more

When I learned that Bernard Cornwell - my go-to for adventurous tales of historical fiction - had written a book series set in during the American Civil War, it immediately went to the top of my to-be read list. This first installment was very solid both historically and narratively, and I really lo......more