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The Last Kingdom
de Cornwell, Bernard
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0007149905
- ISBN 13
- 9780007149902
- Librería
-
Albany, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Harper Collins, 2004. First UK Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Full number line 10-1. The first book in the Saxon Chronicles series that spawned the guilty pleasure tv show of the same name. In black boards with gilt to spine. Bump to top rear corner, lesser ding to top front corner and some light wear to heel of spine.Clean interior and solid binding. Jacket unclipped(17.99 Pounds) with light wear.
Sinopsis
From Bernard Cornwell, the New York Times bestselling author whom the Washington Post calls "perhaps the greatest writer of historical adventure novels today," comes a saga of blood, rage, fidelity, and betrayal that brings to center stage King Alfred the Great, one of the most crucial (but oft-forgotten) figures in English history. It is King Alfred and his heirs who, in the ninth and tenth centuries, with their backs against the wall, fought to secure the survival of the last outpost of Anglo-Saxon culture by battling the ferocious Vikings, whose invading warriors had already captured and occupied three of England's four kingdoms.Bernard Cornwell's epic novel opens in A.D. 866. Uhtred, a boy of ten and the son of a nobleman, is captured in the same battle that leaves his father dead. His captor is the Earl Ragnar, a Danish chieftain, who raises the boy as his own, teaching him the Viking ways of war. As a young man expected to take part in raids and bloody massacres against the English, he grapples with divided loyalties -- between Ragnar, the warrior he loves like a father, and Alfred, whose piety and introspection leave him cold. It takes a terrible slaughter and the unexpected joys of marriage for Uhtred to discover his true allegiance -- and to rise to his greatest challenge.In Uhtred, Cornwell has created perhaps his richest and most complex protagonist, and through him, he has magnificently evoked an era steeped in dramatic pageantry and historical significance. For if King Alfred fails to defend his last kingdom, England will be overrun, and the entire course of history will change.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- LPB007544BC
- Título
- The Last Kingdom
- Autor
- Cornwell, Bernard
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Edición
- First UK Edition/First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0007149905
- ISBN 13
- 9780007149902
- Editorial
- Harper Collins
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2004
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Historical Fiction;
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
