The three Uhtred stories featured in this audio edition are also included in UHTRED’S FEAST, available to buy in hardback. The three Uhtred stories featured in this audio edition are also included in UHTRED’S FEAST, available to buy in hardback. Bernard Cornwell brings us three new stories of the iconic hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg, showing us the man behind the shield – as a young boy, as Alfred's advisor, and as prince . It is a brand new chapter in the epic story of the Last Kingdom . . . Praise for Bernard Cornwell: 'Strong narrative, vigourous action and striking characterisation, Cornwell remains king of the territory he has staked out as his own' SUNDAY TIMES ‘Like Game of Thrones, but real’ OBSERVER 'Blood, divided loyalties and thundering battles' THE TIMES ‘The best battle scenes of any writer I’ve ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive’ George R.R. Martin ‘He’s called a master storyteller. Really he’s cleverer than that’ TELEGRAPH ‘A reminder of just how good a writer he is’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘Nobody in the world does this better than Cornwell’ Lee Child ‘Cornwell’s skill [is] in ageing his warrior-hero, who now creaks as he fights and is haunted by those he has loved and lost’ THE TIMES ‘The master still adding to his wonderful Saxon Chronicles’ SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE ‘Legendary … excellent storytelling, as ever’ SUNDAY SPORT 'A violent, absorbing historical saga, deeply researched and thoroughly imagined' WASHINGTON POST Three new Uhtred stories Bernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex andworked for the BBC for eleven years before meeting Judy, hisAmerican wife. Denied an American work permit he wrote anovel instead and has been writing ever since. He and Judydivide their time between Cape Cod and Charleston, SouthCarolina. Suzanne Pollak, born in Beirut now living in Charleston, South Carolina, is the co-author of a number of cookery and entertainment books including The Pat Conroy Cookbook and Entertaining for Dummies. She is currently the Development Director of the annual Charleston Literary Festival. It was at this that she met Bernard Cornwell and the idea for this book was born. Three new Uhtred stories • A global brand – Bernard Cornwell is the author of over 50 novels published in 30 countries and 28 languages: he is the most successful and prolific historical novelist writing today • Featuring three completely new Uhtred short stories, this new work will delight fans of The Last Kingdom series • Bernard Cornwell has sold over 25 million books around the world • All the books in The Last Kingdom series have been Top Ten bestseller Competition: the;last kingdom;game of thrones;Jack Reacher;Vikings;Boys from Biloxi;A Heart Full of Headstones;Empire;Lion;Act of Oblivion;Armour of Light. by;Wilbur Smith;Conn Iggulden;Lee Child;Robert Harris;Bernard Cornwall;George R R Martin;James Patterson;Stephen King;Simon Scarrow;John Grisham
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