by Bernard Cornwell · Harper Paperbacks · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780060887186
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«The Last Kingdom» is the historical novel by Bernard Cornwell, published by Harper Paperbacks in paperback (368 pages, in English).
Set in ninth-century England, the novel follows Uhtred, a young English nobleman raised by the Danes after being captured. Torn between two worlds, Uhtred becomes embroiled in the war between the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and the Norse invaders, and his fate becomes tied to King Alfred of Wessex, the last kingdom that resists.
First instalment of the Saxon Chronicles series, originally published in 2006.
For readers of historical and adventure fiction; also of interest to those who have seen the television series The Last Kingdom.
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.
