The Burning Land
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2009
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-00-721974-2 (ISBN)
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-00-721974-2 (ISBN)
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The latest in the bestselling Alfred series from number one historical novelist, Bernard Cornwell.
*A brand new companion to the Last Kingdom series, Uhtred’s Feast, is available to pre-order now*
The fifth novel in Bernard Cornwell’s epic and bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
As seen on Netflix and BBC around the world.
In the last years of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is in failing health, and his heir is an untested youth. The Danes, who have failed so many times to conquer Wessex, smell opportunity…
First comes Harald Bloodhair, a savage warrior leading a Viking horde, who is encouraged to cruelty by his woman, Skade. But Alfred still has the services of Uhtred, his unwilling warlord, who leads Harald into a trap and, at Farnham in Surrey, inflicts one of the greatest defeats the Vikings were ever to suffer.
This novel, the fifth in the magnificent series of England's history tells of the final assaults on Alfred's Wessex, that Wessex survived to become England is because men like Uhtred defeated an enemy feared throughout Christendom.
*A brand new companion to the Last Kingdom series, Uhtred’s Feast, is available to pre-order now*
The fifth novel in Bernard Cornwell’s epic and bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
As seen on Netflix and BBC around the world.
In the last years of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is in failing health, and his heir is an untested youth. The Danes, who have failed so many times to conquer Wessex, smell opportunity…
First comes Harald Bloodhair, a savage warrior leading a Viking horde, who is encouraged to cruelty by his woman, Skade. But Alfred still has the services of Uhtred, his unwilling warlord, who leads Harald into a trap and, at Farnham in Surrey, inflicts one of the greatest defeats the Vikings were ever to suffer.
This novel, the fifth in the magnificent series of England's history tells of the final assaults on Alfred's Wessex, that Wessex survived to become England is because men like Uhtred defeated an enemy feared throughout Christendom.
Bernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex, and now lives mainly in the USA with his wife. In addition to the hugely successful Sharpe novels, Bernard Cornwell is the author of the Starbuck Chronicles, the Warlord trilogy, the Grail Quest series and the Alfred series.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.10.2009 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | The Saxon Stories ; Vol.5 | Uhtred-Saga ; Vol.5 |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 159 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 595 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Historische Romane |
| Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-00-721974-1 / 0007219741 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-00-721974-2 / 9780007219742 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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