The saxon stories books6/5/2023 ![]() ![]() As the king’s warrior he is duty-bound, but the king’s reign is nearing its end, and his death will leave a vacuum of power. ![]() His own desire is to reclaim his long lost ancestral lands and castle to the north. Uhtred’s loyalty, and his vows, are to Alfred-not to his son-and despite long years of service to the old king, Uhtred is still reluctant to commit to Alfred’s cause. ![]() With the promise of battle looming again, Uhtred, the Viking-raised but Saxon-born warrior, whose life seems to shadow the making of England itself, is torn between competing loyalties. Alfred wants his son Edward to succeed him, but there are other Saxon claimants to the throne-as well as ambitious pagan Vikings to the north. King Alfred is dying with his passing, the island of Britain seems doomed to renewed warfare. The sixth 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 BBC America television series.Īs the ninth century wanes, England is perched once more on the brink of chaos. ![]()
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