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020 $a9780062250957 (pbk.) :$cNT$595
040 $aTWTNM$beng$dTWTNM
082 04$a823.92$222
100 1 $aCornwell, Bernard,$eauthor.
245 10$aWarriors of the storm :$ba novel /$cBernard Cornwell.
250 $aFirst Harper paperback edition.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bHarper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,$c2016.
300 $axiv, 299 p. :$bmap ;$c21 cm.
490 1 $aSaxon tales ;$v9.
500 $aFirst published in Great Britain in 2015.
520 $aWAR & COMBAT FICTION. The ninth installment of Bernard Cornwell s bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, like Game of Thrones, but real (The Observer, London) the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit BBC America television series.A fragile peace reigns in Wessex, Mercia and East Anglia. King Alfred s son Edward and formidable daughter, Aethelflaed, rule the kingdoms. But all around the restless Northmen, eyeing the rich lands and wealthychurches, are mounting raids.Uhtred of Bebbanburg, the kingdoms greatest warrior, controls northern Mercia from the strongly fortified city of Chester. But forces are gathering against him. Northmen allied to the Irish, led by the fierce warrior Ragnall Ivarson, are soon joined by the Northumbrians, and their strength could prove overwhelming. Despite the gathering threat, both Edward and Aethelflaed are reluctant to move out of the safety of their fortifications.
600 10$aEdward,$cKing of England,$d-924$vFiction.
650 0$aSaxons$zEngland$vFiction.
650 0$aVikings$vFiction.
651 0$aGreat Britain$xKings and rulers$vFiction.
651 0$aGreat Britain$xHistory$yAnglo-Saxon period, 449-1066$vFiction.
830 0$aSaxon tales ;$v9.