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Zusatztext "For readers who find contentment in reading historical novels featuring clanking swords and battlefield carnage! Bernard Cornwell should be at the very top of your list...The Saxon Chronicles is very possibly his best...Wildy exciting...Cornwell keeps the pace crackling." Informationen zum Autor Bernard Cornwell is the author of over fifty novels, including the acclaimed New York Times bestselling Saxon Tales, which serve as the basis for the hit Netflix series The Last Kingdom. He lives with his wife on Cape Cod and in Charleston, South Carolina. Klappentext The third installment of Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” ( The Observer , London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom , the hit BBC America television series. After achieving victory at King Alfred’s side, Uhtred of Bebbanburg is returning to his home in the North, finally free of his allegiance to the King—or so he believes. An encounter with a vicious slave trader introduces Uhtred to Guthred, the self-proclaimed King of Northumbria. Curious about Guthred’s astounding claim, Uhtred follows him north. But he soon discovers fate has another incredible surprise in store, and begins an unexpected journey that climaxes in the midnight siege of a city thought impregnable—a dangerous seige that results in the forging of England. Lords of the North is Bernard Cornwell’s finest work yet—a breathtaking adventure, but it also tells the story of the creation of English identity, as the English and Danes begin to become one people, appropriating each other’s languages and, thrillingly, fighting side-by-side. Zusammenfassung The third installment of Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England! “like Game of Thrones! but real” ( The Observer ! London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom ! the hit BBC America television series. After achieving victory at King Alfred’s side! Uhtred of Bebbanburg is returning to his home in the North! finally free of his allegiance to the King—or so he believes. An encounter with a vicious slave trader introduces Uhtred to Guthred! the self-proclaimed King of Northumbria. Curious about Guthred’s astounding claim! Uhtred follows him north. But he soon discovers fate has another incredible surprise in store! and begins an unexpected journey that climaxes in the midnight siege of a city thought impregnable—a dangerous seige that results in the forging of England. Lords of the North is Bernard Cornwell’s finest work yet—a breathtaking adventure! but it also tells the story of the creation of English identity! as the English and Danes begin to become one people! appropriating each other’s languages and! thrillingly! fighting side-by-side. ...
