Scoundrel
- Published
- 1 January 1992
- Pages
- 326
- ISBN-13
- 9780062082381
- Type
- novel
About this book
Scoundrel closes out the Sailing Thrillers in 1992, trading the nautical setting for Washington D.C. politics and an arms-dealing conspiracy -- the outlier of the five, though it keeps the same tightly-plotted thriller structure. At 326 pages, it's the shortest entry, published the year before Cornwell's Sharpe novels took over his career.
Key facts about Scoundrel
Scoundrel is a novel by Bernard Cornwell. Readers have had it since 1992. It runs to 326 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Scoundrel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780062082381 to find the main one.
Scoundrel is book 5 of 5 in The Sailing Thrillers series. The series has 5 published books. However, the series starts with Wildtrack (1988).
Additionally, Bernard Cornwell writes Sharpe, The Crowning Mercy Trilogy and The Starbuck Chronicles, 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 Sailing Thrillers
Scoundrel is book 5 in the The Sailing Thrillers series. It follows Stormchild. See the full The Sailing Thrillers reading order.
Before Bernard Cornwell became synonymous with Napoleonic-era and Dark Age historical fiction, he wrote five contemporary thrillers built around his own lifelong passion for sailing. Each novel is a self-contained story with a different protagonist, but together they share a template: ordinary people — sailors, ex-soldiers, journalists — pulled into smuggling rings, fraud, political conspiracy, or violent revenge plots that play out largely on and around small boats, English coastal waters, and the sailing world…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780062082381