The Last Kingdom - first UK edition

by Bernard Cornwell - signed

The first in a new series, nothing less than a totally fresh look at a historical figure we think we know: Alfred the Great. Cornwell’s protagonist is Uhtred, caught in the conflict between the Danes and the English in the ninth century. He is born into the English aristocracy, but loses his parents at the age of ten and is raised in Viking fashion by a Dane. When massacres reign down on both sides, Uhtred is torn between his loyalties--and when his family disappears, a reckoning with a Viking chieftain is in the offing.

Book has black boards with gold lettering on the spine; flat-signed by the author on the title page. Jacket is price-intact at £17.99, in mylar.