Death of Kings
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Death of Kings, published in 2011, is the sixth novel of Bernard Cornwell
's Saxon Tales
series. It continues the story of Saxon warlord Uhtred of Bebbanburg
who keeps fighting against a new Danish invasion of Wessex
and Mercia
.
Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell OBE is an English author of historical novels. He is best known for his novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe which were adapted into a series of Sharpe television films.-Biography:...
's Saxon Tales
The Saxon Stories
The Saxon Tales is a continuing historical novel series written by the historical novelist Bernard Cornwell about 9th century Britain. The protagonist of the series is Uhtred Ragnarson, sometimes known as Uhtred Uhtredson. Uhtred is born in Northumbria, but captured and adopted by the Danes...
series. It continues the story of Saxon warlord Uhtred of Bebbanburg
Uhtred of Bebbanburg
Uhtred of Bebbanburg is the protagonist and main character of the best selling Saxon Stories novel series by Bernard Cornwell. Over the five current books, Uhtred, a Pagan, has become increasingly complex in his loyalty and general attitude...
who keeps fighting against a new Danish invasion of Wessex
Wessex
The Kingdom of Wessex or Kingdom of the West Saxons was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the West Saxons, in South West England, from the 6th century, until the emergence of a united English state in the 10th century, under the Wessex dynasty. It was to be an earldom after Canute the Great's conquest...
and Mercia
Mercia
Mercia was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy. It was centred on the valley of the River Trent and its tributaries in the region now known as the English Midlands...
.