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The Burning land : a novel

In the last years of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is in failing health, and his heir is an untested youth. The Danes, who have failed so many times to conquer Wessex, smell opportunity.

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  • "Burning Land"
  • "Burning land"@it
  • "Cornwell, Das brennende Land"
  • "Království Alfreda Velikého"
  • "The burning land"@it

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  • "In the last years of the 9th century, King Alfred is in failing health and his heir an untested youth. The Danes who have failed to conquer Wessex smell an opportunity and Harald Bloodhair leading a Viking horde is led into a trap by the warlord Uhtred inflicting the greatest defeat ever suffered by the Vikings thus saving Alfred's Wessex."
  • "In the last years of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is in failing health, and his heir is an untested youth. The Danes, who have failed so many times to conquer Wessex, smell opportunity."@en
  • "In a clash of heroes, the kingdom is born. At the end of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is in ill health; his heir, an untested youth. His enemy, the Danes, having failed to conquer Wessex, now see their chance for victory. Led by the sword of savage warrior Harald Bloodhair, the Viking hordes attack. But Uhtred, Alfred's reluctant warlord, proves his worth, outwitting Harald and handing the Vikings one of their greatest defeats. For Uhtred, the sweetness of victory is soon overshadowed by tragedy. Breaking with Alfred, he joins the Vikings, swearing never again to serve the Saxon king. Instead, he will reclaim his ancestral fortress on the Northumbrian coast. Allied with his old friend Ragnar'and his old foe Haesten'he aims to invade and conquer Wessex itself. Yet fate has different plans. The Danes of East Anglia and the Vikings of Northumbria are plotting the conquest of all Britain. When Alfred's daughter pleads with Uhtred for help, he cannot refuse her request. In a desperate gamble, he takes command of a demoralized Mercian army, leading them in an unforgettable battle on a blood-soaked field beside the Thames. In The Burning Land, Bernard Cornwell, "the reigning king of historical fiction" (USA Today), delivers a rousing saga of Anglo-Saxon England'an irresistible new chapter in his thrilling Saxon Tales, the epic story of the birth of England and the legendary king who made it possible."@en
  • "The Danes of East Anglia and the Vikings of Northumbria are plotting the conquest of all Britain. When King Alfred's daughter pleads with Uhtred for help, he cannot refuse her request. In a desperate gamble, he takes command of a demoralized Mercian army, leading them in an unforgettable battle on a blood-soaked field beside the Thames."
  • "The Danes of East Anglia and the Vikings of Northumbria are plotting the conquest of all Britain. When King Alfred's daughter pleads with Uhtred for help, he cannot refuse her request. In a desperate gamble, he takes command of a demoralized Mercian army, leading them in an unforgettable battle on a blood-soaked field beside the Thames."@en
  • "After breaking with King Alfred of Wessex and joining the Danes and the Vikings in hopes of reclaiming Bebbanburg, warlord Uhtred switches sides again after Alfred's daughter pleads with him to take command of the Mercian army."
  • "After breaking with King Alfred of Wessex and joining the Danes and the Vikings in hopes of reclaiming Bebbanburg, warlord Uhtred switches sides again after Alfred's daughter pleads with him to take command of the Mercian army."@en
  • "The latest in the bestselling Alfred series from number one historical novelist, Bernard Cornwell."@en
  • "As King Alfred of Wessex experiences failing health, the Vikings smell opportunity. Harald Bloodhair launches a new campaign to destroy Alfred once and for all, but Alfred still has his brilliant, battle-tested warlord Uhtred by his side."@en
  • ""In the last years of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is in failing health, and his heir is an untested youth. The Danes, who have failed so many times to conquer Wessex, smell opportunity! First comes Harald Bloodhair, a savage warrior leading a Viking horde, who is encouraged to cruelty by his woman, Skade. But Alfred still has the services of Uhtred, his unwilling warlord, who leads Harald into a trap and, at Farnham in Surrey, inflicts one of the greatest defeats the Vikings were ever to suffer. This novel, the fifth in the magnificent series of England's history tells of the final assaults on Alfred's Wessex, that Wessex survived to become England is because men like Uhtred defeated an enemy feared throughout Christendom."--Publisher description."
  • "King Alfred of Wessex is in failing health, and his heir is an untested youth. The Danes, who have failed so many times to conquer Wessex, smell opportunity! First comes Harald Bloodhair, a savage warrior leading a Viking horde, who is encouraged to cruelty by his woman, Skade. But Alfred still has the services of Uhtred, his unwilling warlord, who leads Harald into a trap and, at Farnham in Surrey, inflicts one of the greatest defeats theVikings were ever to suffer."

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  • "The burning land : a novel"
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  • "Das brennende Land : historischer Roman"
  • "La tierra en llamas : sajones, vikingos y normandos"@es
  • "The Burning Land #5"
  • "Hořící země : království Alfreda Velikého"
  • "Il signore della guerra"
  • "The burning land : novel"
  • "The Burning Land"@en
  • "Det brændende land"@da
  • "Det brændende land"
  • "Felperzselt vidék : a múlt életre kel"
  • "Felperzselt vidék : a múlt életre kel"@hu
  • "The burning land - Alfred #5 Bernard Cornwell"
  • "The burning land"
  • "The burning land"@en
  • "La tierra en llamas"@es
  • "Φλε[gamma]όμενη [gamma]η : ιστορικό μυθιστόρημ[alpha]"
  • "Das brennende Land historischer Roman"
  • "Burning land"
  • "Phlegomenē gē : historiko mythistorēma"
  • "Das brennende Land : Historischer Roman"
  • "Das brennende Land"
  • "La Tierra en llamas : sajones, vikingos y normandos"
  • "The burning land : [in a clash of heroes, the kingdom is born]"
  • "Il signore della guerra : romanzo"@it
  • "Il signore della guerra : romanzo"
  • "The burning land a novel"@en
  • "Det brændende land : roman"@da

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