The Commons · Book by Bernard Cornwell
The Last Kingdom Saxon Tales Series (4-6) Collection 3 Books Set by Bernard Cornwell (Sword Song, The Burning Land & Death of Kings)
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Harper Paperbacks Ltd
- Pages
- 1088
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9789124187415
- Language
- en
About the book
Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be DispatchedThe Last Kingdom Saxon Tales Series (4-6) Collection 3 Books Set by BernardSwordThe fourth 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. The year is 885, and England is at peace, divided between the Danish kingdom to the north and the Saxon kingdom of Wessex in the south. Warrior by instinct and Viking by nature, Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian lord, has land.The BurningIn 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.Death ofThe 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.