Kyle Harrison
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The Winter King
The Winter King: A Novel of Arthur (The Warlord Chronicles, Book 1)
- Author
- Bernard Cornwell
- Published
- 1995
- Pages
- 434
- Recommended
- Once
The first of Cornwell’s three Warlord Chronicles — The Winter King, Enemy of God, Excalibur — retelling Arthur as a fifth-century British warlord rather than a medieval king.
Why it’s on the list: Named in the historical-fiction thread as a series (“the Winter King series, Arthurian legends, by Cornwell”). Carded on the first volume, with the trilogy noted here.
Where I saw it: In Kyle’s “Books To Read” Apple Note, recovered from the reply thread to @moseskagan asking “What historical fiction should I read next? (Bonus points for something involving building or trade, rather than violence)” (April 13, 2025). The full recovered list lives on What historical fiction should I… (tweet).
Connections
- What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.