by Bernard Cornwell · HarperCollins · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007149919
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«The Last Kingdom» is the historical novel by Bernard Cornwell, published by HarperCollins in paperback (500 pages, in English).
Uhtred, a ninth-century Saxon nobleman, is captured and raised by the Danes after being orphaned. His fate becomes tied to King Alfred of Wessex, the only English kingdom resisting the Viking invasion, as he is torn between two worlds. The clash between Christianity and paganism, war, and the shield wall force him to choose a side and fight to reclaim Bebbanburg.
First instalment of the series The Last Kingdom, also called The Saxon Stories, originally published in 2005.
Aimed at readers of historical and adventure fiction, with a particular interest in the Viking era and the Anglo-Saxon period.
Bernard Cornwell is an English author of historical novels and a history of the Waterloo campaign. He is best known for his long-running series of novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe. He has also written The Saxon Stories, a series of thirteen novels about the unification of England.
