Death of Kings (The Warrior Chronicles, Book 6) (The Last Kingdom Series)

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Charles was convicted of treason and executed on 30 January 1649 outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall. Tenemos a nuestro caudillo Uhtred, ya cuarentón, asentado en Mercia, amante de la hermana del heredero y pagano recalcitrante.

His regrets and retrospection isn’t dealt with in any great depth here, but Death of Kings begins what becomes a great aspect of the books to come in the Saxon Stories. In the centre of the blackened and sanded floor stood the axe and a lower quartering block of a kind used to dismember traitors.

Bernard Cornwell still delivered his accessible and engaging writing style, with a great central cast, so it is still worth the read and of course worth carrying on with the series, despite this instalment feeling repetitive.

A hundred of Sigelf's men have been left behind at Lundene, supposedly because they have no horses, but in reality to seize and hold open a city gate. For the Viking-raised but Saxon-born warrior, Uhtred, whose life seems to shadow the making of England, this presents him with difficult choices. As you can expect from Cornwell’s formulaic greatness, Death of Kings was another wonderful—and melancholic—read. This was not as good as Season 3 of the TV series, but Cornwell successfully delivered a fitting conclusion to the first part of the series. They also requested that the story feature a large role for Spanish characters to secure co-funding from Spain.By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Uhtred is not satisfied with the outcome of the battle because he believes that another attack will happen soon. Uhtred begs King Edward to come and attack, but Edward instead commands Uhtred to bring his men to Lundene, where his army is gathering. That is not even the best insult I’ve ever heard Uhtred give an opponent before, but it isn’t too bad considering he is reeling from the fact that, for the first time in his life, someone thinks he is an unworthy opponent. Cornwell finds a decent stopping place to end things, but it feels more like a pause than an ending.

The master of historical fiction presents the iconic story of King Alfred and the making of a nation. He inherited his father’s lack of confidence and a slight speech impediment, which he worked hard to conquer. I had struggled against him and for him, I had cursed him and thanked him, despised him and admired him.I did get thoroughly caught up in the battle for the kingdom of Wessex's survival and Uhtred, verbal glitches aside, is a very believable character. Uhtred takes precautions that allow him to catch a force of East Anglia soldiers by surprise and he captures them. Awesome descriptive battles as usual and I’m really enjoying the relationship between Uthred and Aethelflaed grow. He attempted to enlist in the British armed services at least three times but was rejected on the grounds of myopia. I just go out into the street and say 'Nathan, time for bed' or 'Nathan, time for supper' and in they come.

The Christians tell us we move inexorably towards better times, towards their god’s kingdom on earth, but my gods only promise the chaos of the world’s ending, and a man only has to look around him to see that everything is crumbling, decaying, proof that the chaos is coming. She is estranged from her treacherous Saxon husband and is now tucked away by Alfred in a nunnery, neither of which stops Uhtred.

Because the battles were a bit on the low side I gave this novel a notch down from the previous ones. Special thanks to my Patrons on Patreon for giving me extra support towards my passion for reading and reviewing! There are long, polysyndetic sentences when things are exciting: "And there was blood in the leaf-mould and a choking sound and a body shaking beneath me and a dying man's sword arm going limp as the spearman kicked his horse back towards me. Cómo siempre, el autor lo mete en todos los fregados, de forma magistral, hasta concluir con una gran batalla, que pone fin a este nuevo intento de invasión, la batalla de Holme, confuso episodio histórico, que el autor resuelve de la mejor manera posible y con unas dosis de acción altamente disfrutables. It's like Game of Thrones, but real (mostly, as Cornwell has made up his own story, but based it on historical facts).