Warriors of the Storm
The new novel in Bernard Cornwell’s number one bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg.BBC2’s major TV show THE LAST KINGDOM is based on the first two books in the series.A fragile peace is about to be broken…King Alfred’s son Edward and formidable daughter, Æthelflaed, rule Wessex, Mercia and East Anglia. But all around the restless Northmen, eyeing the rich lands and wealthy churches, are mounting raids.Uhtred of Bebbanburg, the kingdoms’ greatest warrior, controls northern Mercia from the strongly fortified city of Chester. But forces are rising up against him. Northmen allied to the Irish, led by the fierce warrior Ragnall Ivarson, are soon joined by the Northumbrians, and their strength could prove overwhelming. Despite the gathering threat, both Edward and Æthelflaed are reluctant to move out of the safety of their fortifications. But with Uhtred’s own daughter married to Ivarson’s brother, who can be trusted?In the struggle between family and loyalty, between personal ambition and political commitment, there will be no easy path. But a man with a warrior’s courage may be able to find it. Such a man is Uhtred,and this may be his finest hour.
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BERNARD CORNWELL
Warriors of the Storm
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it, while at times based on historical figures, are the work of the authorâs imagination.
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Table of Contents
The spelling of place names in Anglo-Saxon England was an uncertain business, with no consistency and no agreement even about the name itself. Thus London was variously rendered as Lundonia, Lundenberg, Lundenne, Lundene, Lundenwic, Lundenceaster and Lundres. Doubtless some readers will prefer other versions of the names listed below, but I have usually employed whichever spelling is cited in either the Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names or the Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names for the years nearest or contained within Alfredâs reign, AD 871â899, but even that solution is not foolproof. Hayling Island, in 956, was written as both Heilincigae and Hæglingaiggæ. Nor have I been consistent myself; I have preferred the modern form Northumbria to Norðhymbralond to avoid the suggestion that the boundaries of the ancient kingdom coincide with those of the modern county. So this list, like the spellings themselves, is capricious.
| Ãscâs Hill | Ashdown, Berkshire |
| Alencestre | Alcester, Warwickshire |
| Beamfleot | Benfleet, Essex |
| Bebbanburg | Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland |
| Brunanburh | Bromborough, Cheshire |
| Cair Ligualid | Carlisle, Cumbria |
| Ceaster | Chester, Cheshire |
| Cent | Kent |
| Contwaraburg | Canterbury, Kent |
| Cumbraland | Cumbria |
| Dunholm | Durham, County Durham |
| Dyflin | Dublin, Eire |
| Eads Byrig | Eddisbury Hill, Cheshire |
| Eoferwic | York, Yorkshire |
| Gleawecestre | Gloucester, Gloucestershire |
| Hedene | River Eden, Cumbria |
| Horn | Hofn, Iceland |
| Hrothwulfâs farm | Rocester, Staffordshire |
| Jorvik | York, Yorkshire |
| Ledecestre | Leicester, Leicestershire |
| Liccelfeld | Lichfield, Staffordshire |
| Lindcolne | Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
| Loch Cuan | Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland |
| Lundene | London |
| Mærse | River Mersey |
| Mann | Isle of Man |
| Sæfern | River Severn |
| Strath Clota | Strathclyde, Scotland |
| Use | River Ouse |
| Wiltunscir | Wiltshire |
| Wintanceaster | Winchester, Hampshire |
| Wirhealum | The Wirral, Cheshire |
There was fire in the night. Fire that seared the sky and paled the stars. Fire that churned thick smoke across the land between the rivers.
