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Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. 
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The Last Kingdom is set in England during the reign of King Alfred. Uhtred is an English boy, born into the aristocracy of ninth-century Northumbria. Orphaned at ten, he is captured and adopted by a Dane and taught the Viking ways. Yet Uhtred's fate is indissolubly bound up with Alfred, King of Wess ex, who rules over the only English kingdom to survive the Danish assault. The struggle between the English and the Danes and the strife between chris tianity and paganism is the background to Uhtred's growing up. He is left u ncertain of his loyalties but a slaughter in a winter dawn propels him to t he English side and he will become a man just as the Danes launch their fie rcest attack yet on Alfred's kingdom. Marriage ties him further still to th e West Saxon cause but when his wife and child vanish in the chaos of the D anish invasion, Uhtred is driven to face the greatest of the Viking chiefta ins in a battle beside the sea. There, in the horror of the shield-wall, he discovers his true allegiance. The Last Kingdom, like most of Bernard Corn well's books, is firmly based on true history. It is the first novel of a s eries that will tell the tale of Alfred the Great and his descendants and o f the enemies they faced, Viking warriors like Ivar the Boneless and his fe ared brother, Ubba. Against their lives Bernard Cornwell has woven a story of divided loyalties, reluctant love and desperate heroism. In Uhtred, he h as created one of his most interesting and heroic characters and in The Las t Kingdom one of his most powerful and passionate novels. 
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Paperback. Publisher: Harper Collins, 2005. 489 pages. Condition: Very Good, reading creases to spine, slight tanning to page edges. Otherwise a very good, used copy in sound binding. 
477 pages. Book has a light forward lean, Page-edges lightly yellowed, light wear to corners of covers o/w contents & covers very clean. 
Uthred is an English boy, born into the aristocracy of ninth-century Northumbria. Orphaned at ten, he is captured and adopted by a Dane and taught the Viking ways. Yet Uthred's fate is indissolubly bound up with Alfred, King of Wessex, who rules over the only English kingdom to survive the Danish assault. The struggle between the English and the Danes and the strife between Christianity and paganism is the background to Uhtred's growing up. Marriage ties him to the Saxon cause but when his wife and child vanish in the chaos of the Danish invasion, he is driven to face the greatest of the Viking chieftains in a battle beside the sea. There, he discovers his true allegiance. 
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