Literature , Historical Fiction
The Burning Land: A Novel (Saxon Tales, 5)
The fifth installment of Bernard Cornwell?COs New York Times bestselling Saxon Tales chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, ?C?like Game of Thrones, but real?C? (The Observer, London)?Cothe basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit television series.At the end of the ninth century, with King Alfred of Wessex in ill health and his heir still an untested youth, it falls to Alfred?COs reluctant warlord Uhtred to outwit and outbattle the invading enemy Danes, led by the sword of savage warrior Harald Bloodhair. But the sweetness of Uhtred?COs victory is soured by tragedy, forcing him to break with the Saxon king. Joining the Vikings, allied with his old friend Ragnar?Coand his old foe Haesten?CoUhtred devises a strategy to invade and conquer Wessex itself. But fate has very different plans.Bernard Cornwell?COs The Burning Land is an irresistible new chapter in his epic story of the birth of England and the legendary king who made it possible.
- Bernard Cornwell
- Harper Paperbacks
- 345
- Paperback
- 9780060888763
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