The third 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.
After achieving victory at King Alfred’ s side, Uhtred of Bebbanburg is returning to his home in the North, finally free of his allegiance to the King— or so he believes. An encounter with a vicious slave trader introduces Uhtred to Guthred, the self-proclaimed King of Northumbria. Curious about Guthred’ s astounding claim, Uhtred follows him north. But he soon discovers fate has another incredible surprise in store, and begins an unexpected journey that climaxes in the midnight siege of a city thought impregnable— a dangerous seige that results in the forging of England.
Lords of the North is Bernard Cornwell’ s finest work yet— a breathtaking adventure, but it also tells the story of the creation of English identity, as the English and Danes begin to become one people, appropriating each other’ s languages and, thrillingly, fighting side-by-side.
