Livro - The Last Kingdom

Bernard cornwell, consagrado autor britânico, já teve suas obras traduzidas para mais de 16 idiomas

Seus romances alcançaram rapidamente o topo das listas de mais vendidos em vários países

Foram mais de 4 milhoes de exemplares em todo mundo

No brasil, seus livros ultrapassam a marca de 100 mil exemplares

A chave de seu sucesso está na criteriosa pesquisa histórica e na narrativa envolvente com a qual disseca a vida de seus personagens

Cornwell nasceu em londres e foi criado em essex, por pais adotivos

Trabalhou por dez anos na bbc de londres antes de se tornar escritor

Em 1979 mudou-se para os estados unidos, onde vive até hoje

Nao perdeu, porém, o fino humor britânico e a paixao por conflitos militares famosos, que se reflete em sua enorme coleçao de mapas antigos

Esta promoçao imperdível traz 6 clássicos (em inglês) deste grande autor: sao eles: -the burning land: a novel -lords of the north -sword song: the battle for london -death of kings -the pale horseman -the last kingdom lords of the north 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

Sword song: the battle for london the year is 885, and england is at peace, divided between the danish kingdom to the north and the saxon kingdom of wessex in the south

Warrior by instinct and viking by nature, uhtred, the dispossessed son of a northumbrian lord, has land, a wife and children - and a duty to king alfred to hold the frontier on the thames

But a dead man has risen, and new vikings have invaded the decayed roman city of london with dreams of conquering wessex

With uhtred's help

Suddenly forced to weigh his oath to the king against the dangerous turning tide of shifting allegiances and deadly power struggles, uhtred - alfred's sharpest sword - must now make the choice that will determine england's future. the burning land: a novel in a clash of heroes, the kingdom is born

At the end of the ninth century, with king alfred of wessex in ill health and his heir still an untested youth, it falls to alfred's reluctant warlord uhtred to outwit and outbattle the invading enemy danes, led by the sword of savage warrior harald bloodhair

But the sweetness of uhtred's victory is soured by tragedy, forcing him to break with the saxon king

Joining the vikings, allied with his old friend ragnar - and his old foe haesten - uhtred devises a strategy to invade and conquer wessex itself

But fate has very different plans

Bernard cornwell's the burning land: a novel is an irresistible new chapter in his epic story of the birth of england and the legendary king who made it possible

Death of kings as the ninth century wanes, alfred the great lies dying, his lifelong goal of a unified england in peril, his kingdom on the brink of chaos

Though his son, edward, has been named his successor, there are other saxon claimants to the throne - as well as ambitious pagan vikings to the north

Torn between his vows to alfred and the desire to reclaim his long-lost ancestral lands in the north, uhtred, saxon-born and viking-raised, remains the king's warrior but has sworn no oath to the crown prince

Now he must make a momentous decision that will forever transform his life and the course of history: to take up arms - and alfred's mantle - or lay down his sword and let his liege's dream of a unified kingdom die along with him

The pale horseman the last

In the middle years of the ninth-century, the fierce danes stormed onto british soil, hungry for spoils and conquest

Kingdom after kingdom fell to the ruthless invaders until but one realm remained

And suddenly the fate of all england - and the course of history - depended upon one man, one king

From new york times bestselling storyteller bernard cornwell comes a rousing epic adventure of courage, treachery, duty, devotion, majesty, love, and battle as seen through the eyes of a young warrio

In the middle years of the ninth-century, the fierce danes stormed onto british soil, hungry for spoils and conquest

Kingdom after kingdom fell to the ruthless invaders until but one realm remained

And suddenly the fate of all england - and the course of history - depended upon one man, one king

From new york times bestselling storyteller bernard cornwell comes a rousing epic adventure of courage, treachery, duty, devotion, majesty, love, and battle as seen through the eyes of a young warrio