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008 190514s2015 nyu g 000 0 eng d
020 $a9780061969720 (pbk.) :$cNT$560
040 $aTWTNM$beng$dTWTNM
082 04$a823.92$222
100 1 $aCornwell, Bernard,$eauthor.
245 14$aThe pagan lord :$ba novel /$cBernard Cornwell.
260 $aNew York :$bHarper,$c2015.
300 $a299 p. :$bmap, genealogical table ;$c21 cm.
490 1 $aThe Saxon tales.
520 $aLatest book in The Warrior Chronicles, on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. Alfred the Great is dead and Edward his son reigns as king. Wessex survives but peace cannot hold. The Danes in the north, led by Viking Cnut Longsword, stand ready to invade and will never rest until the emerald crown is theirs. Uhtred, once Alfred's great warrior but now out of favour with the new king, must lead a band of outcasts north to recapturehis old family home, that great Northumbrian fortress, Bebbanburg. Loyalties will be divided and men will fall, as every Saxon kingdom is drawn into the bloodiest battle yet with the Danes; a war which will decide the fate of every king, and the entire English nation.
600 00$aEdward,$cKing of England,$d-924$vFiction.
651 0$aGreat Britain$xHistory$yAlfred, 871-899$vFiction.
651 0$aGreat Britain$xHistory$yAnglo-Saxon period, 449-1066$vFiction.
830 0$aThe Saxon tales.