The third installment of Bernard Cornwell's New York Times bestselling series. Now, finally free of his allegiance to the victorious, ungrateful King Alfred, he is. Uhtred, fresh from fighting for Alfred in the battle to free Wessex, travels north to seek. Bernard Cornwell, Sword Song: The Last Kingdom Series, Book 4.

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 television series. This is the exciting—yet little known—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 pious weakling and no match for Viking savagery, yet when Alfred unexpectedly defeats the Danes and the Danes themselves turn on Uhtred, he is finally forced to choose sides.

By now he is a young man, in love, trained to fight and ready to take his place in the dreaded shield wall. Above all, though, he wishes to recover his father's land, the enchanting fort of Bebbanburg by the wild northern sea. This thrilling adventure—based on existing records of Bernard Cornwell's ancestors—depicts a time when law and order were ripped violently apart by a pagan assault on Christian England, an assault that came very close to destroying England.

The Last Kingdom is coming back soon on Netflix I heard. Like a lot of historical dramas, there is a part of truth in it, a big chunk in fact, but it’s fiction and, like in the TV Show or the manga, where there are Danes, there’s a lot of speculations but it’s really entertaining. What is The Last Kingdom Series? Previously known as ‘The Warrior Chronicles/Saxon Stories’, The Last Kingdom Series is the tale of Alfred the Great and his descendants through the eyes of Uhtred Ragnarson.

More precisely, written by Bernard Cromwell, this series chronicles the emergence of England as a nation on the island of Britain from the actions of King Alfred of Wessex. If the big events are historically accurate, the story centers on Uhtred of Bebbanburg, a fictional character born to a Saxon lord in Northumbria, but captured and adopted by the Danes. Few years later, his family has been killed by a rival Danes and Uhtred allies himself with Alfred in order to win back what’s rightfully his.