Description: Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell (2006, New). The book in the pictures is the one you'll get. Feel free to ask any questions and thanks for looking! Note: We'll be moving in three months - any offer will be seriously considered! "This is the exciting - yet little known - story of the making of England in the ninth and 10th centuries, the years in which King Alfred, his son and grandson defeated the Danish Vikings who had invaded and occupied three of England's 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, Alfred's 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 has to decide which side he is on. 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 father's land, the magical fort of Bebbanburg by the wild northern sea. This thrilling adventure - based on existing records of Bernard Cornwell's ancestors, depicts 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 altogether. This is the exciting - yet little known - story of the making of England in the ninth and 10th centuries, the years in which King Alfred, his son and grandson defeated the Danish Vikings who had invaded and occupied three of England's four kingdoms."
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Book Title: Last Kingdom
Book Series: Last Kingdom (Formerly Saxon Tales) Ser.
Item Length: 5 in
Original Language: English
Vintage: No
Personalize: No
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 8 in
Personalized: No
Features: Unabridged
Topic: Romance / Action & Adventure, War & Military, Historical
Item Width: 2 in
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Fiction
Publisher: HarperCollins
Intended Audience: Adults
Inscribed: No
Edition: Trade Paperback
Publication Year: 2006
Type: Novel
Literary Movement: Historical Fiction
Era: 2000s
Illustrator: No one
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Genre: Fiction
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Item Weight: 10 oz
Number of Pages: 368 Pages