The Last Kingdom (The Last Kingdom Series Book 1)

About this book

DESTINY IS ALL. BBC2s major Autumn 2015 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 of Bebbanburg. The Last Kingdom is the first book in the series. BORN SAXON. RAISED VIKING. IS UHTRED THE HERO THE LAST KINGDOM NEEDS? In a land torn apart by conflict an orphan boy has come of age. Raised by the Vikings deadly enemies of his own Saxon people Uhtred is a fierce and skilled warrior who kneels to no-one. Alfred Saxon king man of god fights to hold the throne of the only land still resisting the pagan northerners. Uhtred and Alfreds fates are tangled saoked in blood and blackened b the flames of war. Together they will change history