Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Cornwell, Bernard. frey50

The last kingdom : with most of Britain conquered by the Danes, t a novel / Bernard Cornwell. - New York, NY : Harper, 2006, c2005. - xiii, 351 p. : map ; 21 cm.

Includes excerpt from The pale horseman (p. [335]-351).

In the middle years of the ninth century, the fierce Danes stormed onto British soil, hungry for spoils and conquest. Kingdom after kingdom fell to the ruthless invaders until only one realm remained. Suddenly the fate of all England--and the course of history--depended upon one man, one king.

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