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Number9Dream

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10. Finished "Death of Kings" by Bernard Cornwell

Sun Aug 22, 2021, 03:40 PM

Aug 2021

As always, thanks for the thread, hermetic. Also loved the Peanuts cartoon. Glad you liked "The Winter King" & "Exchange".

This was the sixth book of the 'Saxon' series. Alfred the Great dies part way through, and his son, Edward, becomes King of Wessex. Alfred's daughter becomes the lover of warlord Uhtred. The Danish Vikings unite in an attempt to conquer Wessex. Cornwell manages to include enough new twists and clever turns to keep me reading these.

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Finished "Death of Kings" by Bernard Cornwell Number9Dream Aug 2021 #10

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