"le Carré (David Cornwell). She describes him as ""the best brother a girl could have"". Le Carré based the main female character in his novel, ""The Little Drummer Girl""—an English actress called ""Charlie""—on her. She has a daughter, Nancy Cranham, from a relationship with actor Kenneth Cranham. Charlotte Cornwell Charlotte Cornwell (born 26 April 1949) is an English actress. Trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, Cornwell's professional career began with three seasons at the Bristol Old Vic Company, playing a broad range of roles from Kate Hotspur in Shakespeare's ""Henry IV"" to Becky in Sam"
"Bernard Cornwell Bernard Cornwell, (born 23 February 1944) is an English author of historical novels and a history of the Waterloo Campaign. He is best known for his novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe. He has written historical novels primarily on English history in five series, and one series of contemporary thriller novels. A feature of his historical novels is an end note on how they match or differ from history, and what one might see at the modern site of the battles described. One series is set in the American Civil War. He wrote a nonfiction book on"
"John Cornwell (writer) John Cornwell (born 1940) is a British journalist, author, and academic. Since 1990 he has directed the Science and Human Dimension Project at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he is also, since 2009, Founder and Director of the Rustat Conferences. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters (University of Leicester) in 2011. He was nominated for the PEN/Ackerley Prize for best UK memoir 2007 (""Seminary Boy"") and shortlisted Specialist Journalist of the Year (science, medicine in ""Sunday Times Magazine""), British Press Awards 2006. He won the Scientific"
"Hallows"" take place in Cornwall (the Harry Potter story at Shell Cottage, which is on the beach outside the fictional village of Tinworth in Cornwall). David Cornwell, who writes espionage novels under the name John le Carré, lives and writes in Cornwall. Nobel Prize-winning novelist William Golding was born in St Columb Minor in 1911, and returned to live near Truro from 1985 until his death in 1993. D. H. Lawrence spent a short time living in Cornwall. Rosamunde Pilcher grew up in Cornwall, and several of her books take place there. The late Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman was"
"Dean Cornwell Dean Cornwell (March 5, 1892 – December 4, 1960) was an American illustrator and muralist. His oil paintings were frequently featured in popular magazines and books as literary illustrations, advertisements, and posters promoting the war effort. Throughout the first half of the 20th century he was a dominant presence in American illustration. At the peak of his popularity he was nicknamed the ""Dean of Illustrators"". Cornwell was born in Louisville, Kentucky. His father, Charles L. Cornwell, was a civil engineer whose drawings of industrial subjects fascinated Cornwell as a child. He began his professional career as a cartoonist"
"in Edinburgh while he worked for BBC Northern Ireland; she was a travel agent from the US and the mother of three children from a previous marriage. He relocated to the United States in 1979 after marrying her. He was unable to get a United States Permanent Resident Card (green card), so he started writing novels, as this did not require a work permit. He later became a United States citizen. As a child, Cornwell loved the novels of C. S. Forester chronicling the adventures of fictional British naval officer Horatio Hornblower during the Napoleonic Wars. He was surprised to"
"Henry Sylvester Cornwell Henry Sylvester Cornwell (1831-June 15, 1886) was an American physician and poet. Cornwell was a native of New London, Conn. He was one of a family of nine children, in humble circumstances, and for many years before his professional education he was a workman in a manufactory in New London. He graduated from Yale Medical School in 1863. Returning to New London after graduation, he soon acquired a lucrative practice, but failing health (from consumption) prevented him from making the most of his powers. He early became known as a poet and his occasional contributions to the"
"Patricia Cornwell Patricia Cornwell (born Patricia Carroll Daniels; June 9, 1956) is a contemporary American crime writer. She is known for writing a best-selling series of novels featuring the heroine Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a medical examiner. Her books have sold more than 100 million copies. A descendant of abolitionist and writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, Cornwell was born on June 9, 1956 in Miami, Florida, second of three children, to Marilyn (née Zenner) and Sam Daniels. Her father was one of the leading appellate lawyers in the United States and served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black."
"two meetings in 2009 discussed the global Economic Crisis, and the Future of Democracy. The third Rustat Conferences meeting addressed Infrastructure and the Future of Society – infrastructure for energy security, cities of the future, and water. John Cornwell (writer) John Cornwell (born 1940) is a British journalist, author, and academic. Since 1990 he has directed the Science and Human Dimension Project at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he is also, since 2009, Founder and Director of the Rustat Conferences. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters (University of Leicester)"
"the Goethe Medal. Cornwell was born on 19 October 1931 in Poole, Dorset, England. His father was Ronald Thomas Archibald (Ronnie) Cornwell (1906–75), and his mother was Olive Moore Cornwell (née Glassey, b. 1906). He has an older brother, Tony, two years his elder, now a retired advertising executive. His younger half-sister is the actress Charlotte Cornwell. His younger half-brother, Rupert Cornwell, is a former Washington bureau chief for the newspaper ""The Independent"". Cornwell said he did not know his mother, who abandoned him when he was five years old, until their re-acquaintance when he was 21 years old. His"
"and Medical Network Book of the Year Award for ""Hitler's Scientists"", 2005; and received the Independent Television Authority-Tablet Award for contributions to religious journalism (1994). In 1982 he won the Gold Dagger Award Non-Fiction (1982) for ""Earth to Earth"". He is best known for his investigative journalism; memoir; and his work in public understanding of science. In addition to his books on the relationship between science, ethics and the humanities, he has written widely on the Catholic Church and the modern papacy. John Cornwell was born in East Ham, London, the son of Sidney Arthur Cornwell and Kathleen Egan Cornwell."
"in New York City. Dean Cornwell Dean Cornwell (March 5, 1892 – December 4, 1960) was an American illustrator and muralist. His oil paintings were frequently featured in popular magazines and books as literary illustrations, advertisements, and posters promoting the war effort. Throughout the first half of the 20th century he was a dominant presence in American illustration. At the peak of his popularity he was nicknamed the ""Dean of Illustrators"". Cornwell was born in Louisville, Kentucky. His father, Charles L. Cornwell, was a civil engineer whose drawings of industrial subjects fascinated Cornwell as a child. He began his professional"
"The History of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles"" September 2014 / 9780007539383 (UK edition) Publisher William Collins Bernard Cornwell bibliography Bernard Cornwell's career started in 1981 with ""Sharpe's Eagle"". He has been a prolific historical novelist since then having published more than 50 novels. Cornwell's best known books feature the adventures of Richard Sharpe, a British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. The first 11 books of the Sharpe series (beginning in chronological order with ""Sharpe's Rifles"" and ending with ""Sharpe's Waterloo"", published in the US as ""Waterloo"") detail Sharpe's adventures in various Peninsular War campaigns over the course"
"local papers had more than a merely local reputation. He published one volume of his pieces, ""The Land of Dreams, and Other Poems"" (New London, 1878, 12mo.) Cornwell died in New London, June 15, 1886, aged 51 years. The immediate cause of his death was an ulcer in the stomach. Henry Sylvester Cornwell Henry Sylvester Cornwell (1831-June 15, 1886) was an American physician and poet. Cornwell was a native of New London, Conn. He was one of a family of nine children, in humble circumstances, and for many years before his professional education he was a workman in a manufactory"
"Feb 1953 cover of a riverboat for True Magazine was later made into a US Postage stamp as part of the USPS's 2001 American Illustrators series. Cornwell taught and lectured at the Art Students League in New York. He served as president of the Society of Illustrators from 1922 to 1926, and was elected to its Hall of Fame in 1959. In 1934, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate Academician, and became a full Academician in 1940. He served as President of the National Society of Mural Painters from 1953 to 1957. He died"
"""Success"" was republished in the ""St. Louis Globe-Democrat"", ""The Baltimore Sun"" (1904) along with an abbreviated biography, ""The Morning Post"" in Raleigh (1904), and ""The Railroad Trainman"" (1906). Marshall S. Cornwell Marshall Silas Cornwell (October 18, 1871 – May 26, 1898) was a 19th-century American newspaper publisher and editor, writer, and poet in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Cornwell was a younger brother of railroad and timber executive William B. Cornwell (1864–1926) and West Virginia Governor John Jacob Cornwell (1867–1953). He was born on his family's farm on South Branch Mountain near Springfield, West Virginia in 1871, and received"
"1930s and 1940s was George Orwell (1903–50), who is especially remembered for his satires of totalitarianism, ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"" (1949) and ""Animal Farm"" (1945). Evelyn Waugh (1903–66) satirised the ""bright young things"" of the 1920s and 1930s, notably in ""A Handful of Dust"" (1934), and ""Decline and Fall"" (1928), while ""Brideshead Revisited"" (1945) has a theological basis, setting out to examine the effect of divine grace on its main characters. Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) published his famous dystopia ""Brave New World"" in 1932, the same year as John Cowper Powys's (1872–1963) ""A Glastonbury Romance"". Samuel Beckett (1906–89) published his first major work,"
"been successful overall in his writing career, selling 30 million books by 2015 throughout the various series and individual novels, and he continues to write new novels. In June 2006, Cornwell was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's 80th Birthday Honours List. Cornwell's first series of historical novels features the adventures of Richard Sharpe, an English soldier during the Napoleonic Wars, in particular the Peninsular Wars once Arthur Wellesley was sent to lead the campaign against Napoleon's forces on the Iberian Peninsula. The first 11 books of the Sharpe series began with ""Sharpe's"
"Robert Cantwell Robert Emmett Cantwell (January 31, 1908 – December 8, 1978), known as Robert Cantwell, was a novelist and critic. His most notable work, ""The Land of Plenty"", focuses on a lumber mill in a thinly disguised version of his hometown in Washington state. Cantwell was born in Little Falls (now Vader), Washington. His parents were Charles James Cantwell, an engineer, and Nina Adelia Hanson. In 1919, the massacre during a strike in nearby Centralia, Washington, deeply disturbed him and left a lasting impression that appeared in his major writings. He attended the University of Washington (1924−1925) and then"
"Cornish poets. The Nobel-prizewinning novelist William Golding who was born in St Columb Minor in 1911, and returned to live near Truro from 1985 until his death in 1993. Other notable Cornish writers include Arthur Quiller-Couch, alias ""Q"", novelist and literary critic, Jack Clemo, deaf-blind poet, Ronald Bottrall, modernist poet, Robert Stephen Hawker, eccentric Victorian poet and priest, Geoffrey Grigson, poet and critic, Silas Hocking, a prolific novelist, and D. M. Thomas, novelist and poet. The late Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman was famously fond of Cornwall and it featured prominently in his poetry. He is buried in the churchyard"
"1956. In 1978, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Library sponsored a special exhibit of artifacts, photographs, papers, etc. that illustrated the history of public library creation in Las Vegas. Cornwell remained an ardent library supporter and community worker until her death on June 13, 1994. Beda Cornwall Beda Cornwall (November 21, 1907 – June 13, 1994) was instrumental in the development of public libraries in Las Vegas, Nevada. Born in Tulare, South Dakota, to Frederick William and Martha Brennecke, Cornwall was educated at University of Idaho, Southern Branch, at Pocatello and at the University of Denver where she majored"
"of the ""Science and Human Dimension Project"" at Jesus College, Cambridge, Cornwell has brought together many scientists, philosophers, ethicists, authors and journalists to debate and discuss a range of topics. His books in the field of public understanding of science include ""Nature's Imagination"", ""Consciousness and Human Identity"", and ""Explanations"", all published by Oxford University Press. His journalism in this field has been published in a variety of outlets including ""Financial Times"", ""Sunday Times Magazine"", ""The Observer"", ""New Statesman"", ""New Scientist"", ""Nature"", ""Prospect"", ""Times Literary Supplement"", ""The Tablet"", ""Brain"", ""New Scientist"", ""The Guardian"", and ""The Times"". Broadcast contributions to many BBC"
"Erskine Caldwell Erskine Preston Caldwell (December 17, 1903 – April 11, 1987) was an American novelist and short story writer. His writings about poverty, racism and social problems in his native Southern United States, in novels such as ""Tobacco Road"" (1932) and ""God's Little Acre"" (1933) won him critical acclaim, but his advocacy of eugenics and the sterilization of Georgia's poor whites became less popular following World War II. Caldwell was born on December 17, 1903, in the small town of White Oak, Coweta County, Georgia. He was the only child of Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church minister Ira Sylvester Caldwell"
"Hand of Destiny, Hornblower and the Widow McCool, Hornblower's Charitable Offering, Hornblower and His Majesty"", and ""The Last Encounter"" although two of these are also included in the book ""Hornblower During the Crisis"". The Hornblower novels were all serialised in US periodicals and most also in UK periodicals. Except for the first novel ""Beat to Quarters"", the serialisations appeared before the books. Ernest Hemingway is quoted as saying, ""I recommend Forester to everyone literate I know,"" and Winston Churchill stated, ""I find ""Hornblower"" admirable."" The popular Richard Sharpe novels by Bernard Cornwell were inspired by the Hornblower series; Cornwell avidly"
"Jane McNeill, and Quentin Kerr. Hornet's Nest (novel) Hornet's Nest (1997) is a book by author Patricia Cornwell, set in Charlotte, North Carolina, which was called ""a hornet's nest of rebellion"" by Cornwallis during the American Revolutionary War. The author reveals the heart and soul of a metropolitan police department. With Charlotte as her simmering background, she propels us into the core of the force through the lives of a dynamic trio of heroes: Andy Brazil, an ambitious younger reporter for ""The Charlotte Observer"" and an eager - sometimes too eager - volunteer cop; Police Chief Judy Hammer, the professionally"
"by the London criminal sector during this time. Cornwell also uses the sport of cricket as a background. (Mentioned Only) Gallows Thief Gallows Thief (2001) is a historical mystery novel by Bernard Cornwell set in London, England in the year 1817, which uses capital punishment as its backdrop. Rider Sandman, a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, is hired as an investigator as a formality to rubber-stamp the death sentence of a condemned murderer. Instead, he discovers a conspiracy to conceal the real killer. In the slang of the time, a “gallows thief,” (also a “crap prig”) is a person who"
"Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles is a history book written by Bernard Cornwell, first published in Great Britain by William Collins on 11 September 2014, and by Harper Collins Publishers on 5 May 2015 in the United States. It is Cornwell's first work of nonfiction, after publishing more than forty novels in the historical fiction genre, including the popular Richard Sharpe series taking place during the Napoleonic Wars. The book recounts the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815, including preceding events from"
"Chambers' defection–and Cantwell's role in it?). Original Works: Editorial Works: Unfinished Works: Articles: Robert Cantwell Robert Emmett Cantwell (January 31, 1908 – December 8, 1978), known as Robert Cantwell, was a novelist and critic. His most notable work, ""The Land of Plenty"", focuses on a lumber mill in a thinly disguised version of his hometown in Washington state. Cantwell was born in Little Falls (now Vader), Washington. His parents were Charles James Cantwell, an engineer, and Nina Adelia Hanson. In 1919, the massacre during a strike in nearby Centralia, Washington, deeply disturbed him and left a lasting impression that appeared"
"find that there were no such novels following Lord Wellington's campaign on land, so he wrote that series himself—further motivated by the need to support himself through writing. He created his chief protagonist as a rifleman involved in most of the major battles of the Peninsular War, taking the character's name from rugby player Richard Sharp. Cornwell wanted to start the series with the Siege of Badajoz but decided instead to start with a couple of ""warm-up"" novels. These were ""Sharpe's Eagle"" and ""Sharpe's Gold"", both published in 1981. He went on to tell the story of Badajoz in ""Sharpe's"
"Bernard Cornwell bibliography Bernard Cornwell's career started in 1981 with ""Sharpe's Eagle"". He has been a prolific historical novelist since then having published more than 50 novels. Cornwell's best known books feature the adventures of Richard Sharpe, a British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. The first 11 books of the Sharpe series (beginning in chronological order with ""Sharpe's Rifles"" and ending with ""Sharpe's Waterloo"", published in the US as ""Waterloo"") detail Sharpe's adventures in various Peninsular War campaigns over the course of 6–7 years. Subsequently, Cornwell wrote a prequel quintet – ""Sharpe's Tiger"", ""Sharpe's Triumph"", ""Sharpe's Fortress"", ""Sharpe's Trafalgar"" and"
"D.C. from cancer. Rupert Cornwell Rupert Cornwell (22 February 1946 – 31 March 2017) was a British journalist connected with ""The Independent"" newspaper for thirty years. Born to Ronnie Cornwell and Jeanie Gronow in 1946, Rupert Cornwell read Greek at Magdalen College, Oxford, and worked in advertising after graduation. He began his journalism career with Reuters in 1968. Cornwell was sent to the Brussels branch office, where he met his first wife, interpreter Angela Doria. They moved to Paris, where Cornwell joined the ""Financial Times"" as a foreign correspondent. From France, Cornwell and Doria moved to Rome, and Bonn. The"
"mines. She went to England and bought The Sunday Times newspaper. His youngest daughter Kathleen Clarice Louise Cornwell (1872–1954) was a prolific writer first married to the music critic Herman Klein, and her daughter, Denise Robins, and her granddaughter, Patricia Robins, also became popular novelists. While another daughter Alice Anne Cornwell, married the well-known politician and 'very old colonist', John Whiteman. Cornwell, however, was also prone to arguments and litigation, having been convicted of assaulting 65-year-old Member of the Legislative Assembly McColl. George Cornwell George Cornwell was a British railway engineer and building contractor working in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in"
"George Orwell Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, Imperial police officer, and critic whose work is marked by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism and outspoken support of democratic socialism. Orwell wrote literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. He is best known for the allegorical novella ""Animal Farm"" (1945) and the dystopian novel ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"" (1949). His non-fiction works, including ""The Road to Wigan Pier"" (1937), documenting his experience of working class life in the north of England,"