Last Kingdom (Formerly Saxon Tales) Sword Song: The Battle for London, Book 4, (Paperback)

from dougwood57

Note: This is a review of an ARE I received from Harper Collins. Given that the book has been published in the UK, I assume it is essentially a finished product and it read that way. "Doom [Judge] very evenly! Do not doom one doom to the rich; another to the poor! Nor doom one doom to your friend...

from koalamom

Alfred has sent Uhtred to capture Lundane from the Norsemen. He has also sent his somewhat useless but arrogant son-in-law, Aethelred, who will claim the victory he doesn't deserve. Aethelred's wife, is kidnapped by the Norse and a ransom is demanded. Uhted will try and rescue her and save Alfred...

from bookczuk

Given to me to read by HMcD. The author is a neighbor of hers. Even though this is part of a series (kind of like skipping to the end of a book to see how it ends) I found it not a problem at all to jump into this take of England during the time of Alfred the Great (9th Century). From what I've g...

from PhilSyphe

This is the fourth instalment of Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Stories. Uhtred - the anti-hero of the piece - narrates the goings-on during AD 885 under Alfred the Great's kingship. As with the previous novels in the series, this one features several vivid battle scenes, depicted in gruesome and belie...

from neiljohnford

I really enjoyed this one. It did sort of follow a Bernard Cornwell pattern but, like it says on the blurb it is really well researched (actually, how do I know that? I'm no historian, it could be really poorly researched and I'd be none the wiser!). The characters are well drawn. Like Cornwell's...