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The Last Kingdom
- The Last Kingdom Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Jamie Glover
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
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The Last Kingdom
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Publisher's Summary
The story is seen through the eyes of Uhtred, a dispossessed English nobleman. Captured as a child and raised by the Danes, he now finds his allegiances divided. But the one thing he knows is that he wants to recover his father's land, the fort by the wild northern sea that we now know as Bamburgh.
Bernard Cornwell is a master of historical fiction and this new series, looking with a fresh light at Alfred the Great, his kingdom, and his legacy, will be as outstanding and as popular as the Grail Quest and the Warlord Chronicles.
Critic Reviews
"Cornwell's narration is quite masterly and supremely well-researched." ( Observer)
"Bernard Cornwell is a literary miracle. Year after year, hail, rain, snow, war, and political upheavals fail to prevent him from producing the most entertaining and readable historical novels of his generation." ( Daily Mail)
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- Brendon Anderson
- 13-12-2019
Great, and fast moving story
Great, and fast moving story. will told. page turning, non-stop action. and gears you up to read the next book.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-01-2019
great book
loved it, fast paced, action packed, great narrator throughout. very enjoyable read, wmcan't wait to start the next one.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-07-2019
Excellent story
This book is the first of an amazing series. I'm actually up to book 10 now
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- Blackfyre87
- 04-02-2019
Even Better than the Awesome show.
This is the first in the "Saxon Stories" series, which has been adapted into "The Last Kingdom" TV Series by the BBC.
It is more enjoyable than the show, where the main character is thoroughly unlikable. In the book, Uhtred is a more relatable character whom audiences can connect with, rather than the awful person from the show who persists in a pattern of self defeating behavior that makes audiences cringe.
Jamie Glover, a really tremendous voice actor, is also exceptional as a narrator, and conveys the adrenaline of the battlefield with great emotion.
A fantastic story.
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- Nicky
- 06-09-2019
Must listen
Love these books. I have read the books, seen the series and now listening. Can't get enough.
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-10-2019
good but short story
story is good but book is extremely short. Also, no pauses between chapters is bit annoying.
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- Kevin
- 24-11-2018
Great first book
I really like the books in a series, this is a new author and new time setting for me. I will be continuing this journey. There is a lot packed in to this book which is so wonderfully descriptive you can see it. I don't know anything about this era school n Britain but I'll be finding out confident that the author has more than done his research well. I hope that around the fiction it is also faithful to what is known and therefore believable
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