The first book in a brand new series, the last kingdom is set in england during the reign of king alfred. The last kingdom is the first historical novel in the saxon stories by bernard cornwell, published in 2004. The new novel in bernard cornwells number one bestselling series on the making of england and the fate of his great hero, uhtred of bebbanburg. As seen on bbc and netflix welcome to the last kingdom discover the first book in the. The first installment of bernard cornwell s 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 bbc america television series.
Bernard cornwell, obe born 23 february 1944 is an english author of historical novels and a history of the waterloo campaign. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Bernard cornwell primary author only author division. So far, there are 12 books in the series and rumor has it that book will be coming out this year. The fifth novel in bernard cornwell s epic and bestselling series on the making of england and the fate of his great hero, uhtred of bebbanburg.
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