[bksvol-discuss] Bernard Cornwell submission
- From: "Deborah Murray" <blinkeeblink@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "BookShare" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 11:42:42 -0400
Hi all,
Just submitted Lords of the North, the third book in the Saxon Stories by
Bernard Cornwell.
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K1000 ranked spelling 100%. All proper names have been verified. Should be a
quick validation and a comfortable read.
[From the book jacket]
FROM BERNARD CORNWELL. . . comes the third volume in the exhilarating Saxon
Tales: the story of the birth of England as the Saxons struggle to repel the
Danish invaders.
The year is 878, and as Lords of the North begins, the Saxons of Wessex,
under King Alfred, have defeated the Danes to keep their kingdom free.
Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian lord, helped Alfred win that
victory, but now he is disgusted by Alfred's lack of generosity. Uhtred
flees Wessex, going north to search for his stepsister, who was taken
prisoner by Kjartan the Cruel, a Danish lord who lurks in the formidable
stronghold of Dunholm.
Uhtred arrives in the north to discover rebellion, chaos, and fear. His only
ally is Hild, a West Saxon nun fleeing her calling, and his best hope is his
sword, Serpent-Breath, with which he has made a notable reputation as a
warrior. He needs other partners if he is to attack Dunholm, and chooses
Guthred, a seemingly deluded slave who believes he is a king. Together they
cross the Pennines, where fanatical Christians and beleaguered Danes have
formed a desperate alliance to confront the terrible Viking lords who rule
Northumbria.
Instead of victory Uhtred finds betrayal. But he also discovers love and
redemption as he is forced to turn once again to his reluctant ally, Alfred
the Great. It is Alfred who sees opportunity in Northumbria's chaos, and
Alfred who looses Uhtred and his stepbrother, Ragnar, onto Dunholm, the
invincible fortress on its great spur of rock.
Deborah
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