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. Bernard Cornwell is well known and admired for the realism and imagination with which he brings earlier worlds to life. Stonehenge is first and foremost a great historical novel. 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. A drop drills a rock by falling not twice. One summer’s day, a dying stranger carrying great wealth in gold comes to the settlement of Ratharryn. Gutta cavat lapidem non bis, sed saepe cadendo sic homo fit sapiens non bis, sed saepe legend. This is the tale of three brothers and of their rivalry that created this great temple. Bernard Cornwell’s brilliant novel, reissued for fans to find out the story behind the stones. Bernard Cornwell’s epic novel Stonehenge catapults us into a powerful and vibrant world of ritual and sacrifice at once timeless and wholly original.
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