As the 9th century wanes, King Alfred is dying and his passing threatens the island of Britain to renewed warfare. Alfred wants his son, Edward, to succeed him but there are other Saxon claimants to the throne. As the king's warrior, Uhtred knows that he will either be the means of making Alfred's dream of a united and Christian England come to pass or be responsible for condemning it to oblivion.
"As the 9th century wanes, King Alfred is dying and his passing threatens the island of Britain to renewed warfare. Alfred wants his son, Edward, to succeed him but there are other Saxon claimants to the throne. As the king's warrior, Uhtred knows that he will either be the means of making Alfred's dream of a united and Christian England come to pass or be responsible for condeming it to oblivion."
""In 'Death of kings,' the sixth novel in the Saxon Tales series, Alfred the Great is on his deathbed and the fate of the Angles, Saxons, and Vikings teeters on a knife's edge. Everything hinges on the actions of a single warrior, who must first come to grips with the mission he has no choice but to undertake" -- from Recorded Books web site."
"As the 9th century wanes, King Alfred is dying and his passing threatens the island of Britain to renewed warfare. Alfred wants his son, Edward, to succeed him but there are other Saxon claimants to the throne. As the king's warrior, Uhtred knows that he will either be the means of making Alfred's dream of a united and Christian England come to pass or be responsible for condemning it to oblivion."@en
"King Alfred is dying and his passing threatens the island of Britain to 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."
"King Alfred is dying and his passing threatens the island of Britain to 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."@en
"Alfred the Great is dying and his passing threatens the island of Britain with 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."
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