Saxon Tales Lords of the North,, Book 3, (Paperback)

from kukulaj

Cornwell is predictably unpredictable! The novel moves at a steady pace but there are plenty of twists and turns to keep the reader turning the page! For sure I will be reading the next book in the series before very long! These books are taking me about two days each to read through. Grand fun!

from jercox

These stories are very fast paced and hard to put down. Despite depicting times of horrific violence and squalor, it is fascinating to watch the main character respond to the events around him in ways that would be wildly unfamiliar to any of us today.

from dougwood57

Lords of the North is the third book in the Saxon Stories and Cornwell promises that more - perhaps many more - are in the offing. As is almost obligatory, let me acknowldge that I am a big Cornwell fan - I've read many of the Sharpe books, part of the Grail series and all three of the Saxon Stor...

from john257hopper

More of the same really. The pace moves along quite quickly and this passes the time when one wants a less demanding read. But Uhtred is for me as unsympathetic a character as ever, going around the country slaughtering everyone who stands in his way. The broad historical backdrop and background ...

from PhilSyphe

"Lords of the North" is the third in Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Stories. This episode, set from 878-80, opens about a month after the events in the previous novel. Uhtred - the anti-hero who is Saxon by birth but Danish at heart - narrates the tale as usual. This time he does not see much of Alfred...