num_pages: 333
description: The first installment of Bernard Cornwell’s New York Times 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 television series. In the middle years of the ninth century, the fierce Danes stormed onto British soil, hungry for spoils and conquest. Kingdom after kingdom fell to the ruthless invaders until but one realm remained. And suddenly the fate of all England—and the course of history—depended upon one man, one king. From New York Times bestselling storyteller Bernard Cornwell comes a rousing epic adventure of courage, treachery, duty, devotion, majesty, love, and battle as seen through the eyes of a young warrior who straddled two worlds.
language: English
title: The Last Kingdom
titlecomplete: The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1)
characters: Bagsecg, Alfred the Great, Edmund the Martyr, Aethelwulf (King of Wessex), Ubba Ragnarsson, Odda, Ealdorman of Devon, Asser, Uhtred of Bebbanburg, Ivar the Boneless, Guthrum the Dane, Halfdan Ragnarsson
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Adventure, British Literature, Adult, Medieval, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 96725
places: England
series: The Last Kingdom
publisher: Harper Collins