War Lord – Bernard Cornwell

War Lord - Bernard Cornwell
War Lord – Bernard Cornwell

We finally get to Brunanburh, and say farewell to Lord Uhtred of Bebbanburg.

Very pleased to see my old university mate Thorfinn Skull-splitter, Earl of Orkney, making an appearance too 🙂

And I realise the reason I enjoy Bernard Cornwell’s books much more than Giles Kristian‘s is that they’re more about the people than the battles.

Author’s page: War Lord – Bernard Cornwell

The Flame Bearer – Bernard Cornwell

The Flame Bearer - Bernard Cornwell
The Flame Bearer – Bernard Cornwell

Uthred returns to the North, and Bebbanberg.

A warrior’s lifetime of experience of fighting, working out the politics and strategies of his friends, enemies and those who flex between, and the advantages of confident bluff and subterfuge all combine to get Uthred and his men inside the walls of the ancestral home he had been forced to leave as a child.

Inside, but not in control of.

Author’s webpage: The Flame Bearer – Bernard Cornwell

Warriors of the Storm – Bernard Cornwell

More battles with Saxon/Danish warlord, Uhtred, this time against Irish Viking, Ragnall whose brother Sigtryggr he (and we) met in Chester in The Empty Throne, and who eloped with Uhtred’s daughter Stiorra.

Stiorra is one of three strong women in the tale, alongside Queen Æthelflaed of Mercia and Uhtred’s former lover Brida.

And finally – FINALLY- it looks like Uhtred is in a position to return to reclaim Bebbanburg.

Author’s webpage: Warriors of the Storm – Bernard Cornwell, The Last Kingdom Series/Warrior Chronicles/Saxon Stories – Book 9