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Saxon stories (Bernard Cornwell) volume 1
Last Kingdom
The Saxon tales volume 1
[The warrior chronicles] volume 1
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Last Kingdom
The Saxon tales volume 1
[The warrior chronicles] volume 1
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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Physical Desc
xiii, 333 p. : map ; cm.
Language
English
Description
From Bernard Cornwell comes a saga of blood, rage, fidelity, and betrayal that brings to center stage King Alfred the Great, one of the most crucial figures in English history. It is King Alfred and his heirs who, in the ninth and tenth centuries, with their backs against the wall, fought to secure the survival of the last outpost of Anglo-Saxon culture by battling the ferocious Vikings, whose invading warriors had already captured and occupied three...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xv, 349 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Uhtred is a Saxon, cheated of his inheritance and adrift in a world of fire, sword, and treachery. He has to make a choice: whether to fight for the Vikings, who raised him, or for King Alfred the Great of Wessex, who dislikes him. In the late ninth century, Wessex is the last English kingdom. The rest have fallen to the Danish Vikings, a story told in The Last Kingdom, the New York Times bestselling novel in which Uhtred's tale began. Now the Vikings...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
In ninth-century England, Uhtred of Bebbanburg is ordered by King Alfred to secure the borders of London and resist the attacks of the Norse Viking brothers Sigefrid and Erik Thurgilson, but his uncertain loyalties toward the crown, and his daughter's recent marriage, make it difficult for him to carry out the
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
284 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
With Britain in an uneasy state of peace, Uhtred of Bebbanburg at last has the chance to take back the home his traitorous uncle stole from him so many years ago -- and which his scheming cousin still occupies. But he will need all the skills he has learned in a lifetime of war to make his dream come true. --
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
333 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Uhtred of Bebbanburg has won back his ancestral home but, threatened from all sides by enemies both old and new, he doesn't have long to enjoy the victory. In Mercia, rebellion is in the air as King Edward tries to seize control. In Wessex, rival parties scramble to settle on the identity of the next king. And across the country invading Norsemen continue their relentless incursion, ever hungry for land. Uhtred finds himself once again torn between...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xi, 334 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Uhtred of Bebbanburg is a man of his word. An oath bound him to King Alfred. An oath bound him to Æthelflaed. And now an oath will wrench him away from the ancestral home he fought so hard to regain. For Uhtred has sworn that on King Edward's death, he will kill two men. And now Edward is dying. A violent attack drives Uhtred south with a small band of warriors, and headlong into the battle for kingship. Plunged into a world of shifting alliances...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
332 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The final installment in Bernard Cornwell's bestselling Saxon Tales series, chronicling the epic story of the making of England. England is under attack. Chaos reigns. Northumbria, the last kingdom, is threatened by armies from all sides, by land and sea, and only one man stands in their way. Torn between loyalty and sworn oaths, the warrior king Lord Uhtred of Bebbanburg faces his greatest ever battle - and prepares for his ultimate fate."--Publisher's...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"My name is Uhtred. I am the son of Uhtred, who was the son of Uhtred and his father was also called Uhtred ... The Last Kingdom is one of the most successful historical fiction series of our time. The novels tell the epic story of the birth of England and introduces one of the greatest ever fictional heroes: the iconic Uhtred of Bebbanburg, the Saxon-born, Norse-raised warrior and rebel. In this lively compendium, Bernard Cornwell revisits Uhtred's...
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