Lords of the North

<p><strong>The third installment of Bernard Cornwell's</strong><strong> </strong><strong><em>New York Times</em></strong><strong> bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England like Game of Thrones but real (</strong><strong><em>The Observer</em></strong><strong> London)--the basis for </strong><strong><em>The Last Kingdom</em></strong><strong> the hit television series.</strong></p><p>The year is 878. Uhtred the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian lord has helped the Saxons of Wessex defeat the invading Danes. Now finally free of his allegiance to the victorious ungrateful King Alfred he is heading home to rescue his stepsister a prisoner of Kjartan the Cruel in the formidable Danish stronghold of Dunholm. Uhtred's best hope is his sword Serpent-Breath for his only allies are Hild a West Saxon nun fleeing her calling and Guthred a slave who believes himself king. Rebellion chaos fear and betrayal await them in the north forcing Uhtred to turn once more reluctantly to the liege he formerly served in battle and blood: Alfred the Great.</p>