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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