The Burning Land [electronic resource] : Unabridged edition
Cornwell, Bernard2019
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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.BBC2’s major Autumn 2015 TV show THE LAST KINGDOM is based on the first two books in the series.In the last years of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is in failing health, and his heir is an untested youth. The Danes, who have failed so many times to conquer Wessex, smell opportunity…First comes Harald Bloodhair, a savage warrior leading a Viking horde, who is encouraged to cruelty by his woman, Skade. 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.
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Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins, 2019
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file)
Series:
The Last Kingdom ; 5
ISBN:
9780008377328
Language:
English
BRN:
3402879