A hero will be forged from this broken land. Lord Uhtred of Bebbanburg knows that peace is far from reach. Though he has won the battle for his ancestral home, rebellion looms in Mercia and invading Norsemen appear at every turn....

A divided kingdom An impossible choice The ultimate battle . . . After a lifetime of fighting, the great warrior Lord Uhtred is ready to hang up his sword. But as long as the kingdom remains divided, peace is fragile – and Uhtred will never be safe in his Northumbrian fortress....

An oath of loyalty. Two warring kings. A destiny he didn\"t choose… England is in turmoil as Vikings and Saxons battle for territory. Rumours build about the fatal sickness of the King, and the country awaits an heir....

Uhtred of Bebbanburg is a man of his word. An oath bound him to King Alfred. An oath bound him to ?thelfl?d. 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....

The tenth book in the epic and bestselling series that has gripped millions. A hero will be forged from this broken land. From the day it was stolen from me I had dreamed of recapturing Bebbanburg....

The eighth book in the epic and bestselling series that has gripped millions. A hero will be forged from this broken land. In the battle for power, there can be only one ruler. The ruler of Mercia is dying, leaving no apparent heir. His wife is a born leader, but no woman has ever ruled over an English kingdom....

The ninth book in the epic and bestselling series that has gripped millions. A hero will be forged from this broken land. A fragile peace is about to be broken… King Alfred’s son Edward and formidable daughter, ?thelfl?d, rule Wessex, Mercia and East Anglia....

The seventh novel in Bernard Cornwell\"s number one bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. Uhtred - sword of the Saxons, bane of the Vikings - has been declared outcast. Peace in Britain has given Uhtred time to cause trouble - for himself....

Alfred, the great king, is said to be dying. Rivals for his succession are poised to tear the kingdom apart. The country Alfred has worked thirty years to build is about to disintegrate. Uhtred, the King\"s warrior, Viking born but Saxon bred, wants more than anything else to go and fight to reclaim his stolen Northumbrian inheritance....

The ninth book in the epic and bestselling series that has gripped millions. A hero will be forged from this broken land. Alone in a sea of enemies. Bound together by loyalty, belief and desperation. Wessex, led by the pious King Alfred, is the last Saxon stronghold against the savage strength of the Vikings....

A hero will be forged from this broken land. It is 885. England is at peace; the Danes rule the north and King Alfred holds the south. But trouble stirs when a band of Vikings invade London. Uhtred of Bebbanburg, Alfred’s greatest warrior, must lead his men to attack the Viking raiders in the south....

The first book in the epic and bestselling series that has gripped millions. A hero will be forged from this broken land. In a land torn apart by conflict, an orphan boy has come of age. Raised by the Vikings, deadly enemies of his own Saxon people, Uhtred is a fierce and skilled warrior who kneels to no-one....