Binding: Paperback
Description: The sixth 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 television series. As the ninth century wanes Alfred the Great lies dying his lifelong goal of a unified England in peril his kingdom on the brink of chaos. Though his son Edward has been named his successor there are other Saxon claimants to the throne as well as ambitious pagan Vikings to the north. Torn between his vows to Alfred and the desire to reclaim his long - lost ancestral lands in the north Uhtred Saxon - born and Viking - raised remains the king's warrior but has sworn no oath to the crown prince. Now he must make a momentous decision that will forever transform his life and the course of history: to take up arms and Alfred's mantle or lay down his sword and let his liege's dream of a unified kingdom die along with him.
Title: Death Of Kings A Novel
Author(s): Cornwell Bernard
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780061969669
Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 8/28/2012
Series: Last Kingdom (formerly Saxon Tales)