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The master of historical fiction presents the iconic story of King Alfred and the making of a nation.
As the ninth century wanes, England appears about to be plunged into chaos once more. For the Viking-raised but Saxon-born warrior Uhtred, whose life seems to shadow the making of England, this presents difficult choices. King Alfred is dying, and his passing threatens to plunge the island of Britain into renewed warfare. Alfred wants his son Edward to succeed him, but there are other Saxon claimants to the throne as well as ambitious pagan Vikings to the north.
Uhtred's loyalty—and his vows—were to Alfred, not to his son, and despite his long years of service he is still not committed to the Saxon cause. His own desire is to reclaim his long-lost lands and castle in the north. The challenge for him, as the king's warrior, is that he knows he will either be the means by which Alfred's dream of a united, Christian England comes to pass, or be responsible for condemning it to oblivion.
This novel is a dramatic story of the power of tribal commitment and the terrible difficulties of divided loyalties. It is the making of England magnificently brought to life.
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