Author: Cornwell, Bernard.
Publication year: 2014
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Genre: Historical fiction. lcsh
Category: Fiction
Publisher: Harper,
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 0007331924 9780007331925 (pbk): 0007331924 : 9780007331918 :
Notes: Alfred the Great is dead and Edward his son reigns as king. Wessex survives but peace cannot hold. The Danes in the north, led by Viking Cnut Longsword, stand ready to invade and will never rest until the emerald crown is theirs. Uhtred, once Alfred's great warrior but now out of favour with the new king, must lead a band of outcasts north to recap. Originally published: 2013. Alfred the Great is dead and Edward his son reigns as king. Wessex survives but peace cannot hold. The Danes in the north, led by Viking Cnut Longsword, stand ready to invade and will never rest until the emerald crown is theirs. Uhtred, once Alfred's great warrior but now out of favour with the new king, must lead a band of outcasts north to recapture his old family home, that great Northumbrian fortress, Bebbanburg. Loyalties will be divided and men will fall, as every Saxon kingdom is drawn into the bloodiest battle yet with the Danes.
Audience: Teen readers
Extent: xi, 400 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm.