Sword Song

Sword Song
Bernard Cornwell

BBC2’s major TV series THE LAST KINGDOM is based on Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling novels on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. SWORD SONG is the fourth book in the series.Season 2 of the epic TV series premiers this March.The year is 885, and England is at peace, divided between the Danish kingdom to the north and Alfred's kingdom of Wessex in the south. But trouble stirs, a dead man has risen and new Vikings have arrived to occupy London.It is a dangerous time, and it falls to Uhtred, half Saxon, half Dane, a man feared and respected the length and breadth of Britain, to expel the Viking raiders and take control of London for Alfred. His uncertain loyalties must now decide England's future.A gripping tale of love, rivalry and violence, Sword Song tells the story of England's making.

SWORD SONG

BERNARD CORNWELL

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2007

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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it, while at times based on historical figures, are the work of the author’s imagination.

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Source ISBN: 9780007219735

Ebook Edition © December 2010 ISBN: 9780007279654

Version: 2017-05-05

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CONTENTS

Cover (#ub16bc87c-02e5-568a-86c4-7a3b3e63ef83)

Title Page (#uf9be79d7-95e4-5dc3-8095-855ced4cb9da)

Copyright (#ub383f96e-1fee-58f2-9457-6c0cf3c7998d)

Dedication (#udfd1e350-74b6-5a64-8173-67e8a3fcc4c1)

Place-names (#u7ccd50b8-e338-590c-9e85-aaa5a3dbe29e)

Map (#u50fe8442-1b0f-563f-8a4e-2452274f9e15)

Prologue (#u65432afe-169d-5b65-8035-a9d388547fcb)

Part One: THE BRIDE (#ubaf2caab-18f5-5eda-b8d7-000814c80a95)

Chapter One (#uf01138de-14fc-5427-833a-1e9266812d63)

Chapter Two (#uea7edf59-ff44-545f-a052-12345d8ef5b6)

Chapter Three (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Two: THE CITY (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Four (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Three: THE SCOURING (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Historical Note (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

Also by Bernard Cornwell (#litres_trial_promo)