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The empty throne : a novel
- Title
- The empty throne : a novel / Bernard Cornwell.
- Author
- Cornwell, Bernard
- Publication
- New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 296 pages : map; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Britain, early 10th century AD: a time of change. There are new raids by the Vikings from Ireland, and turmoil among the Saxons over the leadership of Mercia. A younger generation is taking over. Æthelred, the ruler of Mercia, is dying, leaving no legitimate heir. The West Saxons want their king, but Uhtred has long supported Æthelflaed, sister to King Edward of Wessex and widow of Æthelred. Widely loved and respected, Æthelflaed has all the makings of a leader -- but could Saxon warriors ever accept a woman as their ruler? The stage is set for rivals to fight for the empty throne. Uhtred is still suffering from the wounds he received in battle. To recover his strength he needs to find the sword that caused the injury, but lost amid the battle's blood and mud, how could it be traced and who among the Vikings or Saxons might be holding it? In the end it is one champion, one hero, who will destroy the new Viking threat to Mercia and ultimately decide the fate of England.
- Series Statement
- The Saxon tales ; 8
- Cornwell, Bernard. Last kingdom.
- Subject
- Alfred, King of England, 849-899 > Fiction
- Ethelfled, -918 > Fiction
- Saxons > Fiction
- Vikings > Fiction
- Kings and rulers > Succession > Fiction
- Mercia (Kingdom) > Fiction
- Great Britain > History > Alfred, 871-899 > Fiction
- Great Britain > History > Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 > Fiction
- Northumbria (Kingdom) > History > Fiction
- FICTION / Historical
- FICTION / War & Military
- FICTION / Action & Adventure
- Genre/Form
- Historical fiction.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-2143
- ISBN
- 9780062250711
- 006225071X
- LCCN
- 2014504175
- OCLC
- 2014504175
- Author
- Cornwell, Bernard, author.
- Title
- The empty throne : a novel / Bernard Cornwell.
- Publisher
- New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The Saxon tales ; 8Cornwell, Bernard. Last kingdom.
- Other Editions:
- Reproduction of (manifestation): Cornwell, Bernard. Empty throne London : HarperCollins Publishers Limited, 2014 9780007504169
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-2143