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Death of Kings
Hardcover, 336 pages, HarperCollins, List Price: $27.99 | purchase
Book Summary
The story of Saxon claimants to the throne during the forming of England at the end of the ninth century continues in the latest volume of the New York Times best-selling series following The Burning Land. 150,000 first printing.
Genres:
This book is about:
- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066,
- Alfred, 871-899,
- 849-899,
- Alfred,
- King of England,
- Historical fiction,
- Great Britain,
- History,
- Fiction
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I am a fan of Bernard Cornwell's writing — I loved Agincourt and his Sharpe series. I was a little hesitant about his newest novel, Death of Kings — it's the sixth book in his series about Saxon England, and I hadn't yet read the other books in the series. But I was delighted to find that the book reads well as a stand-alone novel. The author works his usual magic. His characters are vividly drawn, betrayals lurk around every corner, the humor is as sharp as the swords, and... more
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