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Death of Kings

The Last Kingdom, Book 6

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Death of Kings

By: Bernard Cornwell
Narrated by: Matt Bates
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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.

©2019 Bernard Cornwell (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Action & Adventure Genre Fiction Historical Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Thriller & Suspense War & Military World Literature Fiction Royalty Exciting England Military Viking
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Bernard does it again. Utred saves the kingdom yet again. Traitors abound and Edward is indecisive being advised by the clergy instead of his warriors on how to battle.

Brilliant!

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brilliant Uttered at his best. moving on to the next one . love this series

brilliant

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Not just best but still a good book. Matt (narrator) did better than hist last (first) book but you still miss all the voices of the original narrator (Jonathan).

One of the weakest so far

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Massive improvement from Matt bates, I found the last book hard to get into but towards the end got into it. This book I was hooked from start to finish absolutely brilliant. Onto the next!

Brilliant.

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Another enjoyable episode, the story continues to provide plot twists that surprise and vivid description to match the ambition of the narrative.

Fully enjoyed the commentary

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