The Last Kingdom
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AlbakiReads Editorial A Saxon caught between Danish upbringing and English allegiance
A Saxon caught between Danish upbringing and English allegiance
Set during the Danish invasions of ninth- and tenth-century England, The Last Kingdom opens a historical series about the forces that shaped a unified England. Its narrator, Uhtred, is a Saxon nobleman taken in childhood and raised among the Danes, leaving him divided as Wessex becomes the remaining English-held kingdom. Political and religious conflict runs alongside a personal struggle: Uhtred must weigh shifting loyalties while pursuing the recovery of Bebbanburg, his father’s northern stronghold. The book places warfare, inheritance, faith, and cultural identity within a period when Danish power threatened England’s separate kingdoms.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Readers of medieval historical fiction centered on Viking-era England
- Fans of military conflict and contested loyalties
- Readers interested in fictionalized accounts of England’s formation
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Viking invasionsSaxon-Danish conflictLoyalty and identityInheritance and revengeThe making of England
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Book Overview The first installment of Bernard Cornwell's New York Times bestselling historical fiction series chronicling the epic saga of the making ...
The first installment of Bernard Cornwell's New York Times bestselling historical fiction series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, "like Game of Thrones, but real" (The Observer, London)--the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit Netflix series.
This is the exciting--yet little known--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 England's four kingdoms.
The story is seen through the eyes of Uhtred, a dispossessed Saxon 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 is finally forced to choose sides in a brutal clash of cultures. 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 enchanting fort of Bebbanburg by the wild northern sea, in a relentless blood feud.
This action-packed, 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.
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 368 | Language: English | Publisher: PERENNIAL | ISBN: 0060887184
FormatPaperback
Pages368
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0060887184
EAN9780060887186
PublisherPERENNIAL
Publication Date2006-01-03
EditionRepack
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.62 Pounds
Length8.19 Inches
Width5.2 Inches
Height0.88 Inches
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