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irá adorar Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. 2   Joycepa | Oct 21, 2009 |  I read the book in German, as I am from Germany. I like the book very much. I can recommend the whole Saxon Chronicle and I am looking forward to the fifth part which will come out in Sep/Oct this year. (  ) Alexander270767 | Apr 29, 2009 | A really good novel with a good pace. ( ) DavidBurrows | Mar 7, 2009 | The first Bernard Cornwall book I have read and it was a good one, although this is the third in a series I was able to make sense of what had previously happened. It had a very readable style, which made reading it very quick. I loved the historical details about York and Durham and how he weaved in details about St Cuthbert and holy relics. Enjoyable. ( )1 soliloquies | Oct 12, 2008 | Uhtred is not happy with Alfred after the victory as his rewards seem paltry, so he heads north and ends up helping young Guthred to become the king of Northumbria. Guthred's alliances, however, cannot tolerate Uhtred's presence and he is forced into slavery aboard a Danish trader - but eventually he is saved and once again caught up in a web of loyalties between Alfred and the Saxons and the Danes. I enjoyed this. (  ) mari_reads | Oct 11, 2008 |  sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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From Bernard Cornwell, the undisputed master of historical fiction, hailed as "the direct heir to Patrick O'Brien,"* comes the third volume in the exhilarating Saxon Chronicles: the story of the birth of England as the Saxons struggle to repel the Danish invaders.
The year is 878, and as Lords of the North begins, the Saxons of Wessex, under King Alfred, have defeated the Danes to keep their kingdom free. Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian lord, helped Alfred win that victory, but now he is disgusted by Alfred's lack of generosity. Uhtred flees Wessex, going north to search for his stepsister, who was taken prisoner by Kjartan the Cruel, a Danish lord who lurks in the formidable stronghold of Dunholm.
Uhtred arrives in the north to discover rebellion, chaos, and fear. His only ally is Hild, a West Saxon nun fleeing her calling, and his best hope is his sword, Serpent-Breath, with which he has made a notable reputation as a warrior. He needs other partners if he is to attack Dunholm, and chooses Guthred, a seemingly deluded slave who believes he is a king. Together they cross the Pennines, where fanatical Christians and beleaguered Danes have formed a desperate alliance to confront the terrible Viking lords who rule Northumbria.
Instead of victory Uhtred finds betrayal. But he also discovers love and redemption as he is forced to turn once again to his reluctant ally, Alfred the Great. It is Alfred who sees opportunity in Northumbria's chaos, and Alfred who looses Uhtred and his stepbrother, Ragnar, onto Dunholm, the invincible fortress on its great spur of rock. A breathtaking adventure, Lords of the North is also the story of the creation of England, as the English and Danes fight against each other, but also find common cause and create a common language. In the end they will become one people, but as Uhtred will discover, their union is forged through the white heat of battle.
* The Economist
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In 878, Uhtred the dispossessed heir of Bebbbanberg, has been rewarded by Alfred, King of Wessex, for Uhtred’s critical role in winning the battle of Ethandun against a Danish army--with a miserable little holding that was barely able to support the three slave families that worked it. Alfred is by nature a miser and his dislike of Uhtred, who refuses to become a Christian, only adds to the insult.
Uhtred has had enough of Alfred whom he deems overly pious as well as an ingrate. With Hild, the ex-nun he rescued who is now his friend and lover, he buries his hoard, keeping enough only to travel, and sets out for Northumbria, where he has major grudges to settle: with his uncle, who usurped Bebbbanberg and with Kjartan and his son Sven, who murdered Uhtred’s foster father, Ragnar.
This is another great tale from Cornwell, who knows how to plot as well as how to write terrific battle scenes. He uses what is known about 9th century England and Alfred the Great to weave a totally realistic plot with believable characters. It’s a real page-turner; while I was racing through the book, eager to find out what happened next (and there are quite a few twists in this one), I also was reluctant to have it end. Cornwell is one master storyteller.
Highly recommended. (