A thorn in the side of the priests and nobles who shape his fate, this Saxon raised by Vikings is torn between the life he loves and those he has sworn to serve. Uhtred of Bebbanburg’s mind is as sharp as his sword. Sixteen-year-olds Matt and Dani are deep underground in a theater storage room when nuclear missiles hit, and when they emerge one month later, they struggle to survive in the radioactive wasteland that was once their home. A killer, a schemer with a dark power over men’s hearts: Skade. Full Book Name:The Burning Land (The Saxon Stories, 5) Author Name:Bernard Cornwell Book Genre:Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction ISBN 9780007219759 Date of Publication: PDF / EPUB File Name:TheBurningLand-BernardCornwell. In so doing he meets a woman more dangerous than any warlord. Now Uthred will once again defend the Christian kingdom – in a battle which could smash the growing power of the deadly Danes. The ailing Alfred presses Uhtred to swear loyalty to his son and heir Edward, preventing the warrior lord from taking vengeance on those who stole his home at Bebbanburg.
The fifth novel in Bernard Cornwells epic and bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great. But Uhtred is dogged by betrayal and tragedy. The Burning Land: The Last Kingdom Book 5. He has gained riches, loyal men and a beloved wife. In The Burning Land, Bernard Cornwell, The reigning king of historical fiction (USA Today), delivers a rousing saga of Anglo-Saxon England-an irresistible new chapter in his thrilling Saxon Tales, the epic story of the birth of England and the legendary king who made it possible. To King Alfred he is the ‘lord of battles’. But Alfred still has the services of Uhtred, his unwilling warlord, who leads Harald into a trap and, at Farnham in Surrey, inflicts one of the greatest defeats the Vikings were ever to suffer.The fifth novel in Bernard Cornwell’s epic and bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg.īBC2’s major Autumn 2015 TV show THE LAST KINGDOM is based on the first two books in the series. The Danes, who have failed so many times to conquer Wessex, smell opportunity…įirst comes Harald Bloodhair, a savage warrior leading a Viking horde, who is encouraged to cruelty by his woman, Skade.
In the last years of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is in failing health, and his heir is an untested youth.
This novel, the fifth in the magnificent series of England's history tells of the final assaults on Alfred's Wessex, that Wessex survived to become England is because men like Uhtred defeated an enemy feared throughout Christendom. In The Burning Land, Bernard Cornwell, the reigning king of historical fiction (USA Today), delivers a rousing saga of Anglo-Saxon England-an irresistible new chapter in his thrilling Saxon.
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