The Flame Bearer

by Bernard Cornwell

Overview

Vo vsej srednevekovoj Britanii ne najdetsya bolee doblestnogo voina, chem Utred. Odarennyj i opytnyj polkovodec, on prolil mnogo krovi radi sil'nyh mira sego, no teper', kogda anglijskie korolevstva zaklyuchili peremirie, prishlo vremya povoevat' za sobstvennye idealy. S davnih por Utredom vladeet odna mechta: vernut' svoe rodovoe gnezdo — krepost' Bebbanburg, kotoruyu otnyali u nego verolomstvom. Kak utverzhdaet molva, etu velikuyu tverdynyu mozhno vzyat' lish' s pomoshch'yu predatel'stva ili izmorom, — i vot k stenam kreposti styanuty nemalye voinskie sily. Predvkushenie pobedy p'yanit uverennogo v sebe i svoej armii Utreda, no nezhdannoe vtorzhenie novogo vraga, mogushchestvennogo shotlandskogo korolya, menyaet ego plany... SHatkij britanskij mir grozit obernut'sya ocherednoj krovoprolitnoj vojnoj. Desyatyj roman iz cikla "Saksonskie hroniki". Vpervye na russkom yazyke!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9785389175303
Publisher:	Azbooka
Publication date:	11/12/2019
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	1 MB
Language:	Russian

About the Author

Бернард Корнуэлл (англ. Bernard Cornwell, 23 февраля 1944) — английский писатель и репортёр, автор исторических романов про королевского стрелка Ричарда Шарпа. Бернард Корнуэлл родился в Лондоне в 1944 году. Это был "ребёнок войны" — его отец был канадский лётчик, а мать служила во вспомогательных частях ВВС. Его усыновила семья из Эссекса, принадлежавшая религиозной секте "Особые люди". Он вырвался оттуда и поступил в Лондонский университет, после его окончания работал некоторое время учителем, затем поступил на работу в Би-Би-Си, где проработал следующие 10 лет, начав работу репортёром, а закончив руководителем бюро новостей Би-Би-Си в Северной Ирландии. Корнуэлл — автор целого ряда серий историко-приключенческих книг, среди которых центральное место занимает сага о стрелке Шарпе.

Editorial Reviews

Our hero is Uhtred, a good-hearted lout with a pleasantly sour disposition; he’s like a 9th century Han Solo.

Time

The most prolific and successful historical novelist in the world today.... Mr. Cornwell writes as if he has been to ninth-century Wessex and back. . . . Much has changed since the ninth century, but some things, and some feelings, are timeless.

Wall Street Journal

Bernard Cornwell ranks as the current alpha male of testosterone-enriched historical fiction…. Cornwell offers dramatic battle scenes with big swinging swords. There is also treachery, male bonding, plenty of historical nuggets and a skillful examination of the powerful role played by religion in the Dark Ages.

USA Today

The battle description might well be Cornwell’s best yet, which is saying something. Fans do not want to miss this episode.

Bookloons.com

Fascinating.... Blends historic fact with fiction seamlessly.

Glen Seeber

As with all his previous books Cornwell grabs your attention right off the bat. His masterful style pulls you right in.

New York Journal of Books

The final battle is one for the ages, bursting with gory detail and flush with savage death as the wolves of the shield wall smite his enemies.

Lee Scott

Rousing...will not disappoint.

Margaret Flanagan

09/15/2016
Treachery and trickery mark the tenth volume in Cornwell's always exciting "Saxon Tales," set in tenth-century England. Uhtred Uhtredson has his sights set on his ancestral castle of Bebbanburg, now in the hands of his cousin. But who are those mysterious horsemen observing him watching? Why does his son-in-law, King Sigtryggr of Eoferwic (York), then demand his immediate return? Changing alliances among the Danes, Saxons, Scots, and others, and a mad self-ordained bishop, crisscross the story. Meanwhile, Uhtred marches to and sails fro in order to protect his liege lady, support his royal relative, and regain his home. While the various "Aethelsomebodies" may confuse readers unfamiliar with early Anglo-Saxon history, Uhtred successfully engages a combination of rough humor, occasional introspection, and gut instinct. The book's final battle reveals the thin line between success and failure in war. VERDICT Historical and military fiction aficionados will enjoy Cornwell's vivid, fast-paced novel, as he mixes historical figures and tactical movements with an assortment of lifelike fictional characters. [See Prepub Alert, 5/2/16.]—W. Keith McCoy, Somerset Cty. Lib. Syst., Bridgewater, NJ

Library Journal

Sept. 7, 2016
Cornwell (Warriors of the Storm, 2016, etc.) draws another rollicking Saxon tale from the period when “the scepter’d isle,” soon to be “Englaland,” was plagued by Norse and Dane raiders.Supported by the coffers of father-in-law Lord Æthelhelm, Saxon King Edward rules Wessex and East Anglia. Edward’s sister, though ill, controls Mercia. Half-Dane, half-Saxon, a worshipper of the old gods, Lord Uthred has allied with, and resisted, both. Now Uthred turns to his own interests: Northumbria and his fortress, Bebbanburg, stolen long ago by his uncle. Wryly told, the novel unfolds from Uthred’s point of view, with back story filled in as he plots to seize Bebbanburg. He also must outwit Constantin, king of the Scots, scheming behind Hadrian’s Wall, and Norseman Einar the White, blockading from the sea. In this volume, Uthred, called the Wicked by his foes, proves the most nuanced character, sometimes doubt-ridden and ruthless, always loyal and fierce. As Uthred slips north toward Bebbanburg’s Sea Gate and unleashes his warrior “wolf pack,” blood and gore drip from the pages. Familiar characters—Uthred’s loyal lieutenant, the Irish warlord Finan, or his one-eyed son-in-law, Sigtryggr—play minor roles. The duplicitous cousin holding Bebbanburg is seen from afar, as is King Edward waiting to pluck Bebbanburg and Northumbria from the chaos, but mad Bishop Ieremias joins the fun. As always, Cornwell reinforces credibility with ancient place names—modern York was then Eoferwic—and the blow-by-blow details of shield warfare in a period when “armies” numbered a mere 50 to 500 warriors. No lit-fic pretensions here: historical fiction rendered, with little expansion, via battles and royal intrigue and portraits of day-to-day life circa 1000 B.C.E.

Kirkus Review