The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1)
Ranked #4 in Viking, Ranked #8 in Medieval Historical Fiction — see more rankings.
This is the story of the making of England in the 9th and 10th centuries, the years in which King Alfred the Great, his son and grandson defeated the Danish Vikings who had invaded and occupied three of England’s four kingdoms.
The story is seen through the eyes of Uhtred, a dispossessed nobleman, who is captured as a child by the Danes and then raised by them so that, by the time the Northmen begin their assault on Wessex (Alfred’s kingdom and the last territory in English hands) Uhtred almost thinks of himself as a Dane. He certainly has no love for Alfred, whom he considers a... more
The story is seen through the eyes of Uhtred, a dispossessed nobleman, who is captured as a child by the Danes and then raised by them so that, by the time the Northmen begin their assault on Wessex (Alfred’s kingdom and the last territory in English hands) Uhtred almost thinks of himself as a Dane. He certainly has no love for Alfred, whom he considers a... more
Rankings by Category
The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1) is ranked in the following categories:
- #24 in England History
- #71 in Fiction Series
- #56 in Historical Fiction
- #21 in Medieval
- #87 in War Fiction
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