Bernard Cornwell

"It is a time of political turmoil once more as the fading King Edward begins to lose control over his successors and their supporters. There are two potential heirs--possibly more--and doubt over whether the once separate states of Wessex and Mercia will hold together. Despite attempts at pulling him into the political fray, Uhtred of Bebbanburg cares solely about his beloved Northumbria and its continuing independence from southern control. But...

Bernard Cornwell's epic story of the making of England continues in this eleventh installment in the bestselling Saxon Tales series is like Game of Thrones, but real-the basis of the hit Netflix television series The Last Kingdom. His blood is Saxon His heart is Viking His battleground is England, Bernard Cornwell has dazzled and entertained readers and critics with his page-turning bestsellers. Of all his protagonists, however, none is as beloved...