And here he uses all these skills to recreate the world of primitive Britain and to solve the mysteries of who built Stonehenge, how and why. Stonehenge is first and foremost a great historical novel.īernard Cornwell is well known and admired for the realism and imagination with which he brings earlier worlds to life. But it is also his skills that will build the vast temple, a place for the gods, certainly, but also a place that will confirm for ever the supreme power of the tribe that built it. Saban’ s love for Aurenna, the sun bride whose destiny is to die for the gods, finally brings the rivalries of the brothers to a head. Camaban becomes a great visionary and feared wise man, and it is his vision that will force the youngest brother, Saban, to create the great temple on the green hill where the gods will appear on earth. The eldest, Lengar, the warrior, harnesses his murderous ambition to be a ruler and take great power for his tribe. The three sons of Ratharryn’s chief each perceive the great gift in a different way. One summer’s day, a dying stranger carrying great wealth in gold comes to the settlement of Ratharryn. This historical novel unlocks the mystery of Britain’s most haunting and puzzling structure, and tells a tale of three brothersfierce rivals. This is the tale of three brothers and of their rivalry that created this great temple. Bestselling author Bernard Cornwell takes us back four thousand years, to a vibrant world of ritual and sacrifice that is at once timeless and wholly original. Bernard Cornwell’s brilliant novel, reissued for fans to find out the story behind the stones.

Stonehenge by Bernard Cornwell