The Last Kingdom: Book 1 (The Last Kingdom Series)

The Last Kingdom: Book 1 (The Last Kingdom Series)

by Bernard Cornwell (Author)

Synopsis

ENGLAND IS BORN.

BBC2's major TV series THE LAST KINGDOM is based on Bernard Cornwell's bestselling novels on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. The Last Kingdom is the first book in the series.

Season 2 of the epic TV series premiers this March.

BORN SAXON. RAISED VIKING. IS UHTRED THE HERO THE LAST KINGDOM NEEDS?

In a land torn apart by conflict, an orphan boy has come of age. Raised by the Vikings, deadly enemies of his own Saxon people, Uhtred is a fierce and skilled warrior who kneels to no-one.

Alfred - Saxon, king, man of god - fights to hold the throne of the only land still resisting the pagan northerners.

Uhtred and Alfred's fates are tangled, saoked in blood and blackened b the flames of war. Together they will change history...

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Edition: TV tie-in edition
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 08 Oct 2015

ISBN 10: 0008139474
ISBN 13: 9780008139476

Media Reviews

`Nobody in the world does this better' LEE CHILD

`The best battle scenes of any writer I've ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive' GEORGE R. R. MARTIN

'Cornwell is a virtuoso of historical fiction' Sunday Telegraph

`Bloodiness, betrayal, bravery and honour' Sunday Express

'Cornwell is a literary miracle' Daily Mail

'Masterly' Observer

Author Bio

Bernard Cornwell worked for BBC Television for seven years, mostly as a producer on the Nationwide programme, before taking charge of the Current Affairs department in Northern Ireland. In 1978 he became editor of Thames Television's Thames at Six. Married to an American, he now lives in the United States.