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Death of Kings

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The master of historical fiction presents the iconic story of King Alfred and the making of a nation.

As the ninth century wanes, England appears about to be plunged into chaos once more. For the Viking-raised but Saxon-born warrior, Uhtred, whose life seems to shadow the making of England, this presents him with difficult choices.

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.

Uhtred‘s loyalty – and his vows – were to Alfred, not to his son, and despite his long years of service to Alfred, he is still not committed to the Saxon cause. His own desire is to reclaim his long lost lands and castle to the north. But the challenge to him, as the king’s warrior, is that he knows that he will either be the means of making Alfred’s dream of a united and Christian England come to pass or be responsible for condemning it to oblivion.

This novel is a dramatic story of the power of tribal commitment and the terrible difficulties of divided loyalties.

This is the making of England magnificently brought to life by the master of historical fiction.

Critics Review

  • 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

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