Third volume in the bestselling Starbuck Chronicles. The battle for control of Richmond, the Confederate capital, continues through the hot summer of 1862.Third volume in the bestselling Starbuck Chronicles. The battle for control of Richmond, the Confederate capital, continues through the hot summer of 1862.Captain Nate Starbuck, yankee fighting for the Southern cause, has to survive and win in the bitter struggle not only against the formidable Northern army but equally in opposition to his own superiors who would like nothing better than to see Nate Starbuck dead and dishonoured.Starbuck’s courage is tested to the limit in his desperate manoeuvres to retrieve his own and the Legion’s honour in this the thrid narrative of Bernard Cornwell’s sweeping epic of the American Civil War.Praise for BATTLE FLAG:‘A humdinger of a blood-and-guts battle’ Daily Mail‘Admirably catches the chaotic and bloody nature of the action . . . it’s a state-of-the-art swashbuckler’ Sunday TimesCornwell unerringly hits his form . . . battle-scenes of exceptional grandeur pictured in brisk, pungent prose’ Mail on SundayPraise for Bernard Cornwell:‘The best battle scenes of any writer I’ve ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive.’ George R.R. MartinBernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex andworked for the BBC for eleven years before meeting Judy, hisAmerican wife. Denied an American work permit he wrote anovel instead and has been writing ever since. He and Judydivide their time between Cape Cod and Charleston, SouthCarolina.• Bernard Cornwell has sold over 20 million books around the world• A Global brand – Bernard Cornwell is the author of 50 novels published in 30 countries and in 28 languages: he is the most successful and prolific historical novelist writing today• Bernard Cornwell’s latest hardback 1356 is tracking at +18% across all formats against his last title Death of Kings.• Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series on the American Civil War is repackaged as a B format paperback series for the first time.
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