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As Viking forces led by Cnut Longsword march northward, Uhtred, now fallen from the favor of the new English king, rallies a group of outcasts to return to his ancestral home. Their journey thrusts them into a brutal conflict that threatens to determine the future of England itself.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Historical Fiction/Medieval Historical Fiction
Authors: Bernard Cornwell
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