And he gave it to King Alfred of Wessex, who dreams of an England free from Vikings. To serve a king or become one? Uhtred – warrior, pagan, scourge of the Vikings – faces a hard choice.ĭespite being offered a crown of his own, Uhtred is a man of his word. A thorn in the side of the priests and nobles who shape his fate, this Saxon raised by Vikings is torn between the life he loves and the cause he has sworn to serve. Uhtred of Bebbanburg’s mind is as sharp as his sword. It will leave him trapped with no hope of escape … Then Uhtred suffers a betrayal to rival the treachery that deprived him of his birthright.
At the heart of it are men from Uhtred’s past – Sven the One-Eyed and Kjartan the Cruel, men of vicious reputation. Heading north with his lover, former nun Hild, he finds chaos as the Vikings battle among themselves to consolidate their hold on the region. He wants his treacherous uncle to pay for taking them. He wants the land and castle that is his. Now Uhtred must fight a battle which will shape history – and confront the Viking with the banner of the white horse … Still, when pious King Alfred flees to a watery refuge, it is the pagan warrior he relies on. But when he is accused of massacring Christians, he finds lies can be as deadly as steel. Skeptical of a treaty between the Vikings and Wessex, Uhtred takes his talent for mayhem to Cornwall, gaining treasure and a mysterious woman on the way. When peace is torn apart by bloody Danish steel, Uhtred must fight to save a king who distrusts him.
Uhtred and Alfred’s fates are tangled, soaked in blood and blackened by the flames of war. Raised by the Vikings, deadly enemies of his own Saxon people, Uhtred is a fierce and skilled warrior who kneels to no-one.Īlfred – Saxon, king, man of god – fights to hold the throne of the only land still resisting the pagan northerners. In a land torn apart by conflict, an orphan boy has come of age. We have many other books also written by Bernard Cornwell.
This set contains the first six books in The Last Kingdom series.
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