| Edition |
1st Harper pbk. |
| Description |
xiv, 345 pages : maps, genealogical table ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
The Saxon tales ; 5 |
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Cornwell, Bernard.
Last kingdom ; 5.
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| Note |
Originally published: Great Britain : HarperCollins, 2009. |
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Includes an excerpt from the author's The fort : a novel of the revolutionary war (p. [337]-345). |
| Contents |
The warlord -- Viking -- Battle's edge. |
| Summary |
The Danes of East Anglia and the Vikings of Northumbria are plotting the conquest of all Britain. When King Alfred's daughter pleads with Uhtred for help, he cannot refuse her request. In a desperate gamble, he takes command of a demoralized Mercian army, leading them in an unforgettable battle on a blood-soaked field beside the Thames. |
| Subject |
Alfred, King of England, 849-899 -- Fiction.
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Vikings -- Fiction.
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Great Britain -- History -- Alfred, 871-899 -- Fiction.
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Historical fiction, English.
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| Genre/Form |
Historical fiction, English.
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Historical fiction.
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| ISBN |
0060888768 (pbk.) |
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9780060888763 (pbk.) |
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