Book 5 - Saxon Stories

The Burning Land

A Novel

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Publisher Description

The fifth installment of Bernard Cornwell’s New York Times bestselling Saxon Tales 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.

At the end of the ninth century, with King Alfred of Wessex in ill health and his heir still an untested youth, it falls to Alfred’s reluctant warlord Uhtred to outwit and outbattle the invading enemy Danes, led by the sword of savage warrior Harald Bloodhair. But the sweetness of Uhtred’s victory is soured by tragedy, forcing him to break with the Saxon king. Joining the Vikings, allied with his old friend Ragnar—and his old foe Haesten—Uhtred devises a strategy to invade and conquer Wessex itself. But fate has very different plans.  

Bernard Cornwell’s The Burning Land is an irresistible new chapter in his epic story of the birth of England and the legendary king who made it possible.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2010
March 2
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
368
Pages
PUBLISHER
HarperCollins e-books
SELLER
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
SIZE
2.1
MB

Customer Reviews

bugsjeep ,

Excellent book

Full of adventure

theworldawaits_74 ,

The Saxon Stories

I love this series. After the third or fourth book in the series I'm usually bored and want to move on to something new. The Saxon Stories have kept me entertained and excited to read the next book. I love historical fiction but often it has too much romance, these books have just the right amount.

Xyzasd ,

The Burning Land

An excellent read and historical novel

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