About this book
Fools and Mortals (2017) is Cornwell's most recent standalone and his biggest change of register: a mystery set in Elizabethan London's theatre world, narrated by Richard Shakespeare, William's younger brother.
Key facts about Fools and Mortals
Fools and Mortals is a book by Bernard Cornwell. Readers have had it since 2017. It runs to 370 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Fools and Mortals. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780062250872 to find the main one.
Bernard Cornwell has 65 books in our catalogue. 59 of them belong to a series, while 6 stand alone. All 65 are out now. Other books by Bernard Cornwell on file include Sharpe's Command (2023), Uhtred's Feast: Inside the World of The Last Kingdom (2023), Sharpe's Assassin (2021) and War Lord (2020).
Before this one, The Flame Bearer came out in 2016. After it came War of the Wolf in 2018. Since then, our list has added 7 more books by Bernard Cornwell.
Bernard Cornwell has 7 series on file, such as Sharpe, The Crowning Mercy Trilogy and The Sailing Thrillers. 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.
Editions
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