0007331800 
Paperback Death of kings /
Publication year: 2012
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Genre: Historical fiction. lcsh Historical.
Category: Fiction
Publisher: Harper,
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 0007331800 9780007331802 (pbk): 0007331800 :
Notes: Originally published: London: HarperCollins, 2011. King Alfred is dying and his passing threatens the island of Britain to renewed warfare. Alfred wants his son, Edward, to succeed him but there are other Saxon claimants to the throne as well as ambitious pagan Vikings to the north. Praise for THE BURNING LAND: 'Cornwell draws a fascinating picture of England as it might have been before anything like England existed' The Times Praise for AZINCOURT: 'This is a magnificent and gory work' Daily Mail 'The historical blockbuster of the year' Evening Standard 'If Bernard Cornwell was born to write one book, this is it. No other historical novelist has acquired such a mastery of the minutiae of warfare in centuries past' Daily Telegraph 'A runaway success' Observer Praise for Bernard Cornwell: 'The characterisation, as ever, is excellent...And one can only admire the little touches that bring the period to life. He can also claim to be a true poet of both the horror and the glory of war' Sunday Telegraph This is typical Cornwell, meticulously researched, massive in scope, brilliant in execution' News of the World 'He's called a master story-teller. Really he's cleverer than that' Telegraph. Originally published: London: HarperCollins, 2011. King Alfred is dying and his passing threatens the island of Britain to renewed warfare. Alfred wants his son, Edward, to succeed him but there are other Saxon claimants to the throne as well as ambitious pagan Vikings to the north.
Audience: Teen readers
Series title: The warrior chronicles ;
Extent: xi, 380 p. : 1 ill., map ; 20 cm.
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