The year is now 885, 7 years since the beginning of the previous book. Warrior by instinct and Viking by nature, Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian lord, has land, a wife and childrenand a duty to King Alfred to hold the frontier on the Thames. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Sword Song: The Battle for London (The Last Kingdom Book 4). The year is 885, and England is at peace, divided between the Danish kingdom to the north and the Saxon kingdom of Wessex in the south. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. A thorn in the side of the priests and nobles who shape his fate, this Saxon raised by Vikings is torn between the life he loves and those he has sworn to serve. Sword Song is the fourth volume in The Last Kingdom series by Bernard Cornwell. Sword Song: The Battle for London (The Last Kingdom Book 4) - Kindle edition by Cornwell, Bernard. Uhtred of Bebbanburg's mind is as sharp as his sword.

So when the king orders him to take London from the Danes and hand it to his foolish son-in-law Aethelred, Uhtred agrees despite his concerns.įor Aethelred's wife is the king's spirited daughter Aethelflaed and her fate is entwined with Uhtred's. And he gave it to King Alfred of Wessex, who dreams of an England free from Vikings. The latest installment of Cornwell’s vastly entertaining and slyly wise saga of life in ninth-century Britain sees the dyspeptic King Alfred’s very young daughter married off to a brute who fancies himself a future monarch. To serve a king or become one? Uhtred - warrior, pagan, scourge of the Vikings - faces a hard choice.ĭespite being offered a crown of his own, Uhtred is a man of his word. The fourth book in the epic and bestselling series that has gripped millions.Ī hero will be forged from this broken land.Īs seen on Netflix and BBC around the world. *A brand new companion to the Last Kingdom series, Uhtred's Feast, is available to pre-order now*

Sword Song by Bernard Cornwell