The Flame Bearer (Saxon Tales); A Novel Hardcover - 2016
by Cornwell, Bernard
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- Title The Flame Bearer (Saxon Tales); A Novel
- Author Cornwell, Bernard
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Second printing
- Condition Used - Fine
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers, New York
- Date 2016
- Features Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0002790
- ISBN 9780062250780 / 0062250787
- Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.2 in (23.11 x 16.00 x 3.05 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects History, Great Britain
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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From the rear cover
From the day it was stolen from me I had dreamed of recapturing Bebbanburg. It was massive, it was built on the great rock that was almost an island, it could only be approached on land by a single narrow track, and it was mine.
Britain is in a state of uneasy peace. Northumbria's Viking ruler, Sigtryggr, and Mercia's Saxon queen, thelflaed, have agreed on a truce. And so England's greatest warrior, Uhtred of Bebbanburg, at last has the chance to take back the home his traitorous uncle stole from him so many years ago--and which his scheming cousin still occupies.
But fate is inexorable, and the enemies Uhtred has made and the oaths he has sworn conspire to distract him from his dream of recapturing Bebbanburg. New enemies enter into the fight for England's kingdoms: the redoubtable Constantin of Scotland seizes an opportunity for conquest and leads his armies south. Britain's precarious peace threatens to turn into a war of annihilation.
But Uhtred is determined that nothing, neither the new enemies nor the old foes who combine against him, will keep him from his birthright. He is the Lord of Bebbanburg, but he will need all the skills he has learned over a lifetime of war to make his dream come true.
The latest chapter in Bernard Cornwell's "violent, absorbing historical saga," The Flame Bearer confirms his title as "perhaps the greatest writer of historical adventure novels today" (Washington Post).
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Citations
- Booklist, 12/01/2016, Page 34
- Kirkus Reviews, 09/15/2016, Page 0
- Library Journal, 09/15/2016, Page 75
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 06/01/2016, Page 66