The Last Kingdom
of Bernard Cornwell (Goodreads Author)
Series: The Last Kingdom #1
Description
This is the story of the making of England in the 9th and 10th centuries, the years in which King Alfred the Great, his son and grandson defeated the Danish Vikings who had invaded and occupied three of Englandâs four kingdoms.The story is seen through the eyes of Uhtred, a dispossessed nobleman, who is captured as a child by the Danes and then raised by them so that, by the time the Northmen begin their assault on Wessex (Alfredâs kingdom and the last territory in English hands) Uhtred almost thinks of himself as a Dane. He certainly has no love for Alfred, whom he considers a pious weakling and no match for Viking savagery, yet when Alfred unexpectedly defeats the Danes and the Danes themselves turn on Uhtred, he is finally forced to choose sides. By now he is a young man, in love, trained to fight and ready to take his place in the dreaded shield wall. Above all, though, he wishes to recover his fatherâs land, the enchanting fort of Bebbanburg by the wild northern sea.This thrilling adventureâbased on existing records of Bernard Cornwellâs ancestorsâdepicts a time when law and order were ripped violently apart by a pagan assault on Christian England, an assault that came very close to destroying England.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 351 pages
- Publisher Harper Paperbacks
- Publication Date January 3rd 2006
- First Publication 10/04/04
- Language English
- ISBN 9780060887186
- Edition Not informed
- Category Other
- Scenario ['England']
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