Uhtred, who is born to a Saxon lord in Northumbria is captured as a child by invading Danes and he is raised as one of their own. There, in the horror of the shield-wall, he discovers his true allegiance. The Last Kingdom book series by Bernard Cornwell is a historical novel series that is set in the 9th and 10th centuries and it documents the Birth of England through the eyes of Uhtred of Bebbanburg. Marriage ties him further still to the West Saxon cause but when his wife and child vanish in the chaos of the Danish invasion, Uhtred is driven to face the greatest of the Viking chieftains in a battle beside the sea. He is left uncertain of his loyalties but a slaughter in a winter dawn propels him to the English side. The struggle between the English and the Danes and the strife between Christianity and paganism is the background to this outstanding series of how England was made and very. The struggle between the English and the Danes and the strife between christianity and paganism is the background to Uhtred's growing up. The Last Kingdom is an epic series from the master of historical fiction, that tells the tale of Alfred the Great, his descendants, and the Viking enemies they face. Yet Uhtred's fate is indissolubly bound up with Alfred, King of Wessex, who rules over the only English kingdom to survive the Danish assault. Orphaned at 10, he is captured and adopted by a Dane and taught the Viking ways. Uhtred is an English boy, born into the aristocracy of ninth-century Northumbria. The first book in a brand-new series, The Last Kingdom is set in England during the reign of King Alfred. Categories Adult Fiction, Historical Novels
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