Sword Song is Cornwell's finest work yet-vivid with period detail, this breathtaking adventure throroughly reimagines one of the most fascinating tales in all of history-the birth of England-and breathes life into the brilliant king who made it possible: Alfred the Great.

It is Uhtred-half Saxon, half Dane-whose uncertain loyalties must now decide England's future. And other storm clouds are gathering: Alfred's daughter is newly married, but by a cruel twist of fate, her very existence now threatens Alfred's kingdom. Uhtred must weigh his oath to the king against the dangerous turning tide of shifting allegiances and deadly power struggles. He wants Uhtred to expel the Viking raiders from London.

Their dream is to conquer Wessex, and to do it they need Uhtred's help.Īlfred has other ideas. But then trouble stirs: a dead man has risen, and new Vikings have arrived to occupy the decayed Roman city of London. BERNARD CORNWELL is the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling Saxon Tales series, which includes The Last Kingdom, The Pale Horseman, Lords of the North, Sword Song, The Burning Land, Death of Kings, The Pagan Lord, and, most recently, The Empty Throne and Warriors of the Storm, and which serves as the basis for the hit television series The Last Kingdom. He has land, a wife and two children, and a duty given to him by King Alfred to hold the frontier on the Thames. Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian lord-warrior by instinct, Viking by nature-has finally settled down. BBC2s major TV series THE LAST KINGDOM is based on Bernard Cornwells bestselling novels on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred. The year is 885, and England is at peace, divided between the Danish kingdom to the. The year is 885, and England is at peace, divided between the Danish kingdom to the north and the Saxon kingdom of Wessex in the south. London)-the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit television show. The fourth 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.

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