The Burning Land

by Bernard Cornwell

Overview

Konec IX veka. Angliyu razdirayut mezhdousobicy mestnyh vozhdej, i v ee predely vtorgayutsya datchane. Korol' Al'fred Uehssekskij slishkom slab zdorov'em, chtoby dat' dostojnyj otpor zahvatchikam; naslednik zhe molod i neopyten. Na pomoshch' korolyu prihodit Utred Bebbanburgskij so svoim vojskom i vyigryvaet srazhenie. Vrag poverzhen, no triumf Utreda omrachaet tragediya. On klyanetsya nikogda bol'she ne sluzhit' korone, odnako drugaya klyatva svyazyvaet ego s docher'yu korolya, prekrasnoj EHtel'flehd... Pyatyj roman iz cikla "Saksonskie hroniki"

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9785389139299
Publisher:	Azbooka
Publication date:	11/08/2017
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	448
File size:	1 MB
Language:	Russian

About the Author

Bernard Cornwell is an English author of historical fiction and a history of the Waterloo Campaign. Among his many books are the New York Times bestsellers 1356 and Agincourt; the bestselling Saxon Tales, which include The Last Kingdom; and the Richard Sharpe novels. He currently lives in the U.S. with his wife. Cornwell is alleged to have begun writing novels because he couldn't get a Green Card when he arrived in the U.S., and writing didn't require a work permit.

Editorial Reviews

Slathered in blood and gore, Saxon warlord Uhtred of Bebbanburg hacks his way through the ninth century in the exciting fifth installment to bestseller Cornwell's Saxon Tales series (following Sword Song). This action-packed novel continues the saga of warfare for supremacy in Britain, a brutal period when Saxon and Danish swords, battleaxes, and treachery ruled the day. By now, Alfred the Great is old and feeble, unwilling and unable to repel the Danish invaders. He relies on trusty pagan warlord Uhtred, but Uhtred's temper and an unexpected violent act force Uhtred to break his oath of loyalty to Alfred and flee north with his men, intending to reclaim his ancestral home. En route, they face marauding Danish armies, betrayal, battles for a pirate treasure, and the curse of a vicious Danish witch, only to eventually be manipulated back into fighting for Alfred. Vivid descriptions of merciless battlefield slaughter, rape, and destruction are artfully related by a masterful storyteller. Uhtred is victorious in some battles, but the outcome of others will have to wait for the sequel. (Jan.)

Publishers Weekly