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Death of Kings is an outstanding novel by a master storyteller of how England was made – and very nearly lost. These were A Crowning Mercy, published in 1983, Fallen Angels in 1984, and Coat of Arms (aka The Aristocrats) in 1986. I hated his religion and its cold disapproving gaze, its malevolence that cloaked itself in pretended kindness, and its allegiance to a god who would drain the joy from the world by naming it sin, but Alfred’s religion had made him a good man and a good king.
Sigured was no coward, but nor was he fool enough to fight me while the broken bone of his sword arm was mending. Uhtred, a Saxon born warrior, who has been raised by the Danes, wants more than anything else to go and fight to reclaim his stolen Northumbrian inheritance. He has stayed with Alfred, desperate to reap the benefits of his position enough to amass a war band to take back his home Bebbanburg from his uncle. The sixth novel in Bernard Cornwell’s epic and bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. Uhtred has become one of the legends he once looked up to, and has become a source of fear and inspiration within the ranks of Saxon and Dane.For the Viking-raised but Saxon-born warrior, Uhtred, whose life seems to shadow the making of England, this presents him with difficult choices. Uhtred's loyalty - and his vows - were to Alfred, not to his son, and despite his long years of service to Alfred, he is still not committed to the Saxon cause. Because the battles were a bit on the low side I gave this novel a notch down from the previous ones. But he knows that if he deserts the King's cause, Alfred's dream - and the very future of the English nation - might vanish immediately. Cnut was not dead, but his men were dragging him away and in his place came Sigurd Sigurdson, the puppy who had promised to kill me, and he screamed wild-eyed as he charged up the ditch, feet flailing for purchase, and I swung my damaged shield outward to give him a target, and like a fool he took it, lunging his sword Fire-Dragon hard at my belly, but the shield came back fast, deflecting Fire-Dragon between my body and Rollo, and I half turned as I drove Wasp-Sting up at this neck.
The master of historical fiction presents the iconic story of King Alfred and the making of a nation. He had forgotten his lessons, forgotten to protect himself with his shield, and the short blade went under his chin, up through his mouth, breaking teeth, piercing his skull so hard that I lifted him off the earth for a moment as his blood poured down my hand and inside my mail sleeve, and then I shook him off the blade and swept it backhanded at a Dane, who recoiled, fell, and I let another man kill him because Oscytel was coming, shouting that I was an old man, and the battle-joy was in me. I did get thoroughly caught up in the battle for the kingdom of Wessex's survival and Uhtred, verbal glitches aside, is a very believable character. I love how he is still similar to his younger self, but has changed slightly from experiences and age. After going to the oracle himself (and experimenting with shrooms and sex), Uhtred decides to set up his own shrine and have a few Christian virgin maids (allegedly) promise victory to the Saxons and doom to the Vikings.Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. Esto da 2-3 años de margen a Eduardo para asentarse en el trono y afrontar la invasión, que finalmente se produce, con garantías. And maybe, just maybe, in the process the young Edward may learn a little about warfare in the process from the master himself.
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