Excalibur
- Published
- 1 January 1997
- Pages
- 435
- ISBN-13
- 9780718142926
- Type
- novel
About this book
Excalibur closed the trilogy in 1997, the shortest of the three at 435 pages, bringing the final wars and Arthur's downfall to their conclusion as narrated by the aging monk Derfel Cadarn looking back on his youth.
Key facts about Excalibur
Excalibur is a novel by Bernard Cornwell. Readers have had it since 1997. It runs to 435 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Excalibur. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780718142926 to find the main one.
Excalibur is book 3 of 3 in The Warlord Chronicles series. The series has 3 published books. However, the series starts with The Winter King (1995).
Additionally, Bernard Cornwell writes Sharpe, The Crowning Mercy Trilogy and The Sailing Thrillers, plus 3 more series. Those series sit on our historical fiction, thriller and historical fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Sharpe's Storm is the latest published Bernard Cornwell book on file, from 21 October 2025.
About Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell is a British author of historical adventure fiction, best known for immersing readers in the physical detail and moral complexity of pre-modern warfare. His breakout Sharpe series follows Richard Sharpe, a low-born British soldier rising through the ranks during the Napoleonic Wars, and became a household name in Britain thanks to the long-running ITV adaptation starring Sean Bean. See every Bernard Cornwell book in order.
Its place in The Warlord Chronicles
Excalibur is book 3 in the The Warlord Chronicles series. It follows Enemy of God. See the full The Warlord Chronicles reading order.
The Warlord Chronicles is Bernard Cornwell's retelling of the King Arthur legend, stripped of magic and chivalric romance and rebuilt as gritty post-Roman history. The story is narrated decades after the fact by Derfel Cadarn, an aging monk and former warrior looking back on his youth as one of Arthur's sworn soldiers, and it reframes Arthur not as a crowned king but as a landless warlord holding fractured Britain together by force of will and force of arms while the rightful child-king Mordred grows into a…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780718142926