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The Last Kingdom Series - Sword of Kings (The Last Kingdom Series, Book 12)
By Bernard Cornwell
*A brand new companion to the Last Kingdom series, Uhtred’s Feast, is available to pre-order now*
The 12th book in the epic and bestselling series that has gripped millions.
An oath of loyalty.
Two warring kings.
A destiny he didn’t choose…
An oath bound him to King Alfred. An oath bound him to Æthelflaed. And now an oath will wrench him away from the ancestral home he fought so hard to regain. For Uhtred has sworn that on King Edward’s death, he will kill two men. And now Edward is dying.
A violent attack drives Uhtred south with a small band of warriors, and headlong into the battle for kingship. Plunged into a world of shifting alliances and uncertain loyalties, he will need all his strength and guile to overcome the fiercest warrior of them all.
As two opposing Kings gather their armies, fate drags Uhtred to London, and a struggle for control that must leave one King victorious, and one dead. But fate – as Uhtred has learned to his cost – is inexorable. Wyrd bið ful ãræd. And Uhtred’s destiny is to stand at the heart of the shield wall once again…
Praise for Sword of Kings: -
”'Cornwell’s skill [is] in ageing his warrior-hero, who now creaks as he fights and is haunted by those he has loved and lost” - The Times
”'The master still adding to his wonderful Saxon Chronicles” - Sunday Times Magazine
”'Legendary … excellent storytelling, as ever” - Sunday Sport
Praise for Bernard Cornwell: -
'Strong narrative, vigourous action and striking characterisation, Cornwell remains king of the territory he has staked out as his own' SUNDAY TIMES -
”'Like Game of Thrones, but real” - OBSERVER
'Blood, divided loyalties and thundering battles' THE TIMES -
'A violent, absorbing historical saga, deeply researched and thoroughly imagined' WASHINGTON POST -
”'The best battle scenes of any writer I’ve ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive” - George R.R. Martin
”'Cornwell draws a fascinating picture of England as it might have been before anything like England existed” - THE TIMES
”'He’s called a master storyteller. Really he’s cleverer than that” - TELEGRAPH
”'A reminder of just how good a writer he is” - SUNDAY TIMES
”'Nobody in the world does this better than Cornwell” - Lee Child