{"product_id":"the-last-kingdom-the-saxon-chronicles-series-1-9780060530518","title":"The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Chronicles Series #1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first installment of Bernard Cornwells bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England  like Game of Thrones  but real (The Observer  London)the basis for The Last Kingdom  the hit Netflix television series. This is the excitingyet little knownstory of the making of England in the 9th and 10th centuries  the years in which King Alfred the Great  his son and grandson defeated the Danish Vikings who had invaded and occupied three of Englands four kingdoms. The story is seen through the eyes of Uhtred  a dispossessed nobleman  who is captured as a child by the Danes and then raised by them so that  by the time the Northmen begin their assault on Wessex (Alfreds kingdom and the last territory in English hands) Uhtred almost thinks of himself as a Dane. He certainly has no love for Alfred  whom he considers a pious weakling and no match for Viking savagery  yet when Alfred unexpectedly defeats the Danes and the Danes themselves turn on Uhtred  he is finally forced to choose sides. By now he is a young man  in love  trained to fight and ready to take his place in the dreaded shield wall. Above all  though  he wishes to recover his fathers land  the enchanting fort of Bebbanburg by the wild northern sea. This thrilling adventurebased on existing records of Bernard Cornwells ancestorsdepicts a time when law and order were ripped violently apart by a pagan assault on Christian England  an assault that came very close to destroying England.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647769337909,"sku":"ByrdShop_0060530510","price":21.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780060530518.jpg?v=1781697132","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-last-kingdom-the-saxon-chronicles-series-1-9780060530518","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}