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The Last Kingdom (Saxon Chronicles, Bk 1) (Audio CD) (Abridged)
The Last Kingdom - Saxon Chronicles, Bk 1 - Audio CD - Abridged Author:Bernard Cornwell From Bernard Cornwell, the New York Times bestselling author whom comes a saga of blood, rage, fidelity, and betrayal. In the ninth and tenth centuries, King Alfred and his heirs fought to secure the survival of the last outpost of Anglo-Saxon culture by battling the ferocious Vikings, whose invading warriors had already captured and oc... more »cupied three of England's four kingdoms.
In A.D. 866, Uhtred, a boy of ten and the son of a nobleman, is captured in the same battle that leaves his father dead. His captor is the Earl Ragnar, a Danish chieftain, who raises the boy as his own, teaching him the Viking ways of war. As a young man expected to partake in raids and bloody massacres of the English, he grapples with divided loyalties, torn between Ragnar, the warrior he loves like a father, and Alfred, whose piety and introspection leave him cold. It takes a terrible slaughter and the unexpected joys of marriage for Uhtred to discover his true allegiance -- and to rise to his greatest challenge.
Great audio book. The Danes have come to conquer England. One young boy is caught between the two sides and grows into a warrior with divided loyalties. Well written and well read.