The Last Kingdom - Alfred Series

Informationen zum Autor Bernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex and worked for the BBC for eleven years before meeting Judy, his American wife. Denied an American work permit he wrote a novel instead and has been writing ever since. He and Judy divide their time between Cape Cod and Charleston, South Carolina. Klappentext Following the triumphant conclusion of the "Grail Quest" series, Cornwall has embarked on a new medieval series. Set in England in the ninth and tenth centuries, at the time when the Danish Vikings had invaded. The story is seen through the eyes of a dispossessed English nobleman who was raised by the Danes, but now wants to recover his father's land. "Cornwall is a virtuoso of historical fiction" "Sunday Telegraph" Zusammenfassung The first book in the epic and bestselling series that has gripped millions. A hero will be forged from this broken land. As seen on Netflix and BBC around the world.

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'Cornwell is a virtuoso of historical fiction.' Sunday Telegraph
'Bernard Cornwell is a literary miracle. Year after year, hail, rain, snow, war and political upheavals fail to prevent him from producing the most entertaining and readable historical novels of his generation.' Daily Mail
'Cornwell's narration is quite masterly and supremely well-researched.' Observer

Product details

• Authors: Bernard Cornwell
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 20.03.2006
• EAN: 9780007218011
• ISBN: 978-0-00-721801-1
• No. of pages: 333
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Uhtred-Saga; The Saxon Stories; Uhtred-Serie; Uhtred; The Last Kingdom Series; Uhtred; The Last Kingdom; The Saxon Stories; Uhtred / The Saxon Stories / The Last Kingdom; Uhtred / The Saxon Stories / The Last Kingdom Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Historical novels and narratives; FICTION / War & Military, FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Thrillers / Historical, Narrative theme: Coming of age, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Historical adventure fiction, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Classic fiction: general and literary