First comes Harald Bloodhair, a savage warrior leading a Viking horde, who is encouraged to cruelty by his woman, Skade. But Alfred still has the services of Uhtred, his unwilling warlord, who leads Harald into a trap and, at Farnham in Surrey, inflicts one of the greatest defeats the Vikings were ever to suffer.
This novel, the fifth in the magnificent series of England's history tells of the final assaults on Alfred's Wessex, that Wessex survived to become England is because men like Uhtred defeated an enemy feared throughout Christendom.
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"Worth a Listen"
I quite liked the book was a little disappointed with the end I expected a better close to the story, but once I started listening couldn't stop.
I enjoyed the battle scenes only wished that some of the characters got killed of sooner as they really start to grate towards the end.
"Amazing Again!"
Another great book bring on the next one !
"Excellent book, from Excellent series & well read"
Excellent book, from Excellent series & well read by Stephen Perring & it is unabridged so you get the full story.
Some of the Saxon Series are read by Michael Glover who reads them well but they are abridged! Why buy a book and throw away half the pages.
I do wish we could have a choice of the Full Book or Half a Book.
But this version is complete so buy it and enjoy.
"Disappointing"
I could not help but be disappointed with this audio book. The performance while OK, was no where near the quality of the first three unabridged books in this series. Also for some reason the place names have been replaced with the modern versions, so Lundene is read as London, to me this has detracted from the ambiance of the recording.
The story is every bit as good as the previous books, but the performance has let it down.
"Excellent"
This audiobook has horror, excitment, suspence and humour. Being a big fan of Bernard Cornwell's works this book has come up trumps again. I began by finding Uhtred quite loathsome, but ended up loving him. I would highly recommend this book to anyone whose not shy of some brilliant writing and story telling.
"Uhtred has become far too annoying"
I simple couldn?t get to like this book or form the any attachment to so called heroes within
An extremely bias story; about the actions of Uhtred.
The story passes far too often and lightly over numerous horrific killings.
This book far too easily belittles the actions of true historical figures of the period.
I never before wished so hard for an author to write the death scene for a character, but Uhtred has become far to annoying and if he isn?t killed in next book I?d rather disappointed.