The Flame Bearer (saxon Tales)
by Bernard Cornwell /
2016 / English / EPUB
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The
The tenth installment of Bernard
Cornwell’s
tenth installment of Bernard
Cornwell’sNew York Times
New York Times bestselling series
chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of
Thrones, but real” (
bestselling series
chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of
Thrones, but real” (The Observer
The Observer, London)—the basis
for
, London)—the basis
forThe Last Kingdom
The Last Kingdom, the hit television
series.
, the hit television
series.
Britain is in a state of uneasy peace. Northumbria’s Viking
ruler, Sigtryggr, and Mercia’s Saxon Queen Aethelflaed have
agreed a truce. And so England’s greatest warrior, Uhtred of
Bebbanburg, at last has the chance to take back the home his
traitorous uncle stole from him so many years ago—and which his
scheming cousin still occupies.
Britain is in a state of uneasy peace. Northumbria’s Viking
ruler, Sigtryggr, and Mercia’s Saxon Queen Aethelflaed have
agreed a truce. And so England’s greatest warrior, Uhtred of
Bebbanburg, at last has the chance to take back the home his
traitorous uncle stole from him so many years ago—and which his
scheming cousin still occupies.
But fate is inexorable, and the enemies Uhtred has made and the
oaths he has sworn conspire to distract him from his dream of
recapturing his home. New enemies enter into the fight for
England’s kingdoms: the redoubtable Constantin of Scotland seizes
an opportunity for conquest and leads his armies south. Britain’s
precarious peace threatens to turn into a war of annihilation.
Yet Uhtred is determined that nothing—neither the new adversaries
nor the old foes who combine against him—will keep him from his
birthright.
But fate is inexorable, and the enemies Uhtred has made and the
oaths he has sworn conspire to distract him from his dream of
recapturing his home. New enemies enter into the fight for
England’s kingdoms: the redoubtable Constantin of Scotland seizes
an opportunity for conquest and leads his armies south. Britain’s
precarious peace threatens to turn into a war of annihilation.
Yet Uhtred is determined that nothing—neither the new adversaries
nor the old foes who combine against him—will keep him from his
birthright. “Historical novels stand or fall on detail, and Mr.
Cornwell writes as if he has been to ninth-century Wessex and
back.”
“Historical novels stand or fall on detail, and Mr.
Cornwell writes as if he has been to ninth-century Wessex and
back.”
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—Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal