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comments regarding the events and characters he describes. It is notable that the Saxon-born Uhtred, baptised Christian three times, has a very critical view of the Christian religion throughout the entire series. Though he takes an oath to serve Alfred, he admires the Danes, their way of life and their gods. This offers the reader a balanced picture of the tumultuous times, when it was uncertain whether there would be an England or a "Daneland" in the southern and central parts of the island of Britain.
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poetry and became hooked on that strange and often melancholy world. For some reason the history of the Anglo-Saxons isn't much taught in Britain (where I grew up) and it struck me as weird that the English really had no idea where their country came from. Americans know, they even have a starting
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The main character, Uhtred of Bebbanburg, is an old man telling tales of events that took place decades earlier, starting from his childhood and going on, his story intertwining with the story of the British Isles in the end of the ninth century. He intersperses the narrative with often acerbic
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I wish I knew! I don't know how the chapter I'm writing now will end, let alone the book, and the series? No idea! I suspect there will be a few more; I just heard that BBC Television have commissioned a series that will follow Uhtred's escapades. The company that makes
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Cornwell provides a "Historical Note" at the end of each novel in which he clarifies which characters and events are based on actual history and what liberties he took with them.
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date, but the English just seemed to assume that England had always been there, so the idea of writing a series about the creation of England was in my head for a long time.
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will make the programs, which is wonderful, and I’ll need to keep them supplied with stories (I hope). So? Six more? Eight more? I just don’t know.
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were the first titles in the US and the UK editions for the first five novels, and those titles continue in use for later novels. Starting with
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on US editions. In the autumn of 2015, a series of television programs based on the first two novels and using the title of the first novel –
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Two series had aired by early 2018. The third, fourth and fifth, each with ten episodes, were released exclusively by its sole producer
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in the ninth and tenth centuries. The series consists of 13 novels. The protagonist of the series is Uhtred of Bebbanburg, born to a
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are involved in the production. The series premiered on BBC America on 10 October 2015 and on BBC Two in the UK on 22 October 2015.
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The historical setting is the big story; writing historical fiction needs a little story so the history can be the background.
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When he was 58, Cornwell met his birth father, William Outhred (or Oughtred), for the first time while on a book tour in
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Uhtred's overriding ambition, however, is to take Bebbanburg, stolen from him by his uncle after his father's death.
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Uhtred is the second son of a Saxon lord who rules from the nearly impregnable fortress at Bebbanburg (modern-day
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In July 2014, the BBC announced that production would begin in autumn 2014 on a television adaptation of
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is written from the perspective of Uhtred's second son, before reverting to Uhtred's viewpoint.)
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warlord. Uhtred, despite his inclination otherwise, repeatedly fights and schemes to bring about
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The first ten novels in the series were adapted for five seasons of the television series
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going back to the 6th century. He learned the story of his own descent from the
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published in the UK on 15 October 2020 and in the US on 20 November 2020.
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On 5 March 2020, Cornwell announced on social media that the 13th book,
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In an interview, Cornwell said he did not believe that the success of
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Following is a list of the novels with their UK publication years.
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Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles
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In an interview with Emerson College, Cornwell said:
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Index

The Last Kingdom
The Pale Horseman
The Lords of the North
Sword Song
The Burning Land
Death of Kings
The Pagan Lord
The Empty Throne
Warriors of the Storm
The Flame Bearer
War of the Wolf
Sword of Kings
War Lord
Bernard Cornwell
Historical novel
HarperCollins
historical novel
Bernard Cornwell
birth of England
Saxon
Northumbria
Danish
Alfred the Great
The Last Kingdom
Alexander Dreymon
Netflix
Anglo-Saxon
Vancouver
Canada
family tree

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