The Lords of the North (The Last Kingdom Series, Book 3)

Bernard Cornwell

Sep 2008 · The Last Kingdom Series Book 3 · HarperCollins UK

About this ebook

*A brand new companion to the Last Kingdom series, Uhtred’s Feast, is available to pre-order now*

BBC2 and Netflix series THE LAST KINGDOM is based on Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling novels on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. THE LORDS OF THE NORTH is the third book in the series.

Uhtred wants revenge. He wants the land and castle that is his. He wants his treacherous uncle to pay for taking them.

Heading north with his lover, former nun Hild, he finds chaos as the Vikings battle among themselves to consolidate their hold on the region. At the heart of it are men from Uhtred’s past – Sven the One-Eyed and Kjartan the Cruel, men of vicious reputation. Still, he has matched such men before.

Then Uhtred suffers a betrayal to rival the treachery that deprived him of his birthright. It will leave him trapped with no hope of escape ...

Uhtred of Bebbanburg’s mind is as sharp as his sword. 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 the cause he has sworn to serve.

Ratings and reviews

Another gripping tale about Uthred and his ongoing delemia with his warrior life and his struggle to be a good person. Glad to see he finally finds a way to escape slavery with his good friends finding him when all semed lost for him.

Love the Uhttred books and am steadily working through them. This was as good as the others and I am looking forward to reading the next instalment.

A perfect & redolent description of the life & times of this most alive protagonist, Cornwell is seldom bettered in the way that he fleshed out periods of history that are lesser known.

About the author

Bernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex and
worked for the BBC for eleven years before meeting Judy, his
American wife. Denied an American work permit he wrote a
novel instead and has been writing ever since. He and Judy
divide their time between Cape Cod and Charleston, South
Carolina.