Publisher Description
The first installment of Bernard Cornwell’s New York Times 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 Netflix series.
In the middle years of the ninth century, the fierce Danes stormed onto British soil, hungry for spoils and conquest. Kingdom after kingdom fell to the ruthless invaders until but one realm remained. And suddenly the fate of all England—and the course of history—depended upon one man, one king.
From New York Times bestselling storyteller Bernard Cornwell comes a rousing epic adventure of courage, treachery, duty, devotion, majesty, love, and battle as seen through the eyes of a young warrior who straddled two worlds.
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“As a lover of historical fiction and audiobooks, Keeble’s performance ranks up there with the very best. His drama, adaptability and style brings yet another great series by B Cornwall to life and allows the listener to immerse themselves in this long gone world of Saxons, Danes and they dark beginnings of Britain. Story is good too, though I rank the Sharpe, Grail Quest and (very controversially) the Civil War series above this one. For lovers of Cornwall and audiobooks, the Sharpe series too is very well done. Other great historical fiction performances are by Christian Rodska (Hornblower and Kydd) as well as the lesser known but highly enjoyable, entertaining, thrilling and at times a tad naughty Dewey Lambdin books expertly performed by John Lee. For lovers of nautical, historical fiction an absolute must. ”
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Phil (5 out of 5 stars)
