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Sword Song: The Battle for London
Author: Cornwell, Bernard
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Time Period: High Middle Ages
Time Frame: 886
Geographic Area: Europe
Country: Great Britain
Topics: Saxon Stories, Vikings
Genre: Fiction
Reading Age: Adult
Format: Novel
Published: 2007

The Saxon Stories
1) The Last Kingdom (2004)
2) The Pale Horseman (2005)
3) The Lords of the North (2006)
4) Sword Song (2007)
5) The Burning Land (2009)
6) Death of Kings (2011)
7) The Pagan Lord (2013)
8) The Empty Throne (2014)
9) Warriors of the Storm (2015)
10) The Flame Bearer (2016)
11) War of the Wolf (2018)
12) Sword of Kings (2019)
13) War Lord


World History > High Middle Ages > Saxon Stories

The fourth 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.

The year is 885, and England is at peace, divided between the Danish kingdom to the north and the Saxon kingdom of Wessex in the south. Warrior by instinct and Viking by nature, Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian lord, has land, a wife and children—and a duty to King Alfred to hold the frontier on the Thames. But a dead man has risen, and new Vikings have invaded the decayed Roman city of London with dreams of conquering Wessex... with Uhtred’s help. Suddenly forced to weigh his oath to the king against the dangerous turning tide of shifting allegiances and deadly power struggles, Uhtred—Alfred’s sharpest sword—must now make the choice that will determine England’s future.

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