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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.
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The Burning Land, Bernard Cornwell
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- Released
- 2009
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- Title
- The Burning Land
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Bernard Cornwell
- Publisher
- HarperCollins UK
- Released
- 2009
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN10
- 0007219768
- ISBN13
- 9780007219766
- Series
- Saxon Chronicles
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Adventure, Military Fiction, Wars, England, English Literature, Middle Ages, Kings, Saxony, Vikings, 9th Century, Danes, Norwegians, Wessex
- First published
- 2009
- Original title
- The Burning Land
- Rating
- 4.3 out of 5
- Description
- 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.