The Last Kingdom. by Bernard Cornwell. · 84, Ratings · 4, Reviews · published · editions. This is the story of the making of England in the . Want to Read. Shelving menu. Shelve The Last Kingdom. Want to Read. Currently Reading. The Last Kingdom. ‘I had been given a perfect childhood, perfect, at least, to the ideas of a boy. I was raised among men, I was free, I ran wild, was encumbered by no laws, was troubled by no priests and was encouraged to violence.’. Uhtred is an English boy, born into the aristocracy of 9th Century Northumbria, but orphaned at ten, adopted by a Dane and taught the Viking ways. This story, which occurs some five years after the events described in Lords of the North, tells how Alfred’s forces evict the Danes from London. Wessex, Alfred’s kingdom, has survived the great Viking assaults and now, with Uhtred as a leader, the West Saxon forces begin the campaigns of conquest that will end with a new kingdom called England.
The first installment of Bernard Cornwell's New York Times bestselling 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. The first installment of Bernard Cornwell's bestselling 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 television series coming to Netflix in Fall This is the exciting—yet little known—story of the making of England in the 9th and 10th centuries, the years in which King. Uhtred is an English boy, born into the aristocracy of 9th Century Northumbria, but orphaned at ten, adopted by a Dane and taught the Viking ways. Yet Uhtred's fate is indissolubly bound up with Alfred, King of Wessex, who rules over the last English kingdom when the Danes have overrun Northumbria, Mercia and East Anglia.
The Last Kingdom is the first historical novel in The Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell, published in This story introduces Uhtred of Bebbanburg, born a Saxon but kidnapped by Danes at age 9. The Warrior Chronicles/Saxon Stories have been renamed ‘The Last Kingdom’ series. The correct order to read the books: The Last Kingdom. The Pale Horseman. The Lords of the North. Sword Song. The Burning Land. Death of Kings. The Pagan Lord. The Last Kingdom is the first out of thirteen books in The Last Kingdom series by Bernard Cornwell. The plot revolves around Uthred of Bebbanburg, an orphaned English boy who is captured by the Danes, and then he’s taught the way of the Vikings.
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