The burning land /
Bernard Cornwell.
- United Kingdom : Harper Collins, 2009.
- 336 p. : geneal. table, map ; 25 cm.
- Saxon chronicles .
- Cornwell, Bernard. Saxon stories ; 5. .
- Saxon chronicles ; 5 .
(The fifth book in the Saxon Chronicles series)
In the last years of the 9th century, King Alfred is in failing health and his heir an untested youth. The Danes who have failed to conquer Wessex smell an opportunity and Harald Bloodhair leading a Viking horde is led into a trap by the warlord Uhtred inflicting the greatest defeat ever suffered by the Vikings thus saving Alfred's Wessex.
Alfred, King of England, 849-899 --Fiction. Alfred, King of England, 849-899. Alfred, King of England, 840-901 --Fiction. Alfred, King of the England, 849-899 --Fiction. Alfred, King of England, 849-899. Alfred, King of England, 849-899 --Fiction. Alfred, King of England, 849-899.
871 - 899
Historical fiction, English. Historical fiction.
Great Britain--History--Alfred, 871-899. Great Britain. Great Britain--History--Alfred, 871-899--Fiction.