The Saxon Tales Collection: Books #1-4: The Last Kingdom, The Pale Horseman, Lords of the North, and Sword Song

Bernard Cornwell

Aug 2014 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this ebook

A collection of the first four installments of Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit television series. The Saxon Tales Collection includes: The Last Kingdom, The Pale Horseman, Lords of the North, and Sword Song.

Starting with The Last Kingdom, this is the exciting—yet little known—story of the making of England in the 9th and 10th centuries, the years in which King Alfred the Great, his son and grandson defeated the Danish Vikings who had invaded and occupied three of England’s four kingdoms.

This thrilling adventure—based on existing records of Cornwell’s ancestors—depicts a time when law and order were ripped violently apart by a pagan assault on Christian England, an assault that came very close to destroying England.

“History comes alive.”—Boston Globe

Ratings and reviews

An absolutely fantastic piece of England's history that surrounds a story of fictional charters. I have had a hard time putting down any of the books in "The Saxon Tales" series, not to mention grasping and understanding the actual historical events and the way of life during that early period when England was still young and made up of individual Kingdom's. I can't wait to read the next book in this series. Being of Anglo-Saxon decent on both my mother side and fathers side only inhances my desire to understand and imbrase the history of my own ancestors...

Pros: Gripping story with lots of detail. Cons: Repetitive with certain descriptions, often interrupting the narrative. Inconsistencies with wordage.

I loved the story line and kept me intrigued to keep on reading thank you Bernard Cornwell for this wonderful take of England history portrayed in an epic tale

About the author

BERNARD CORNWELL is the author of over fifty novels, including the acclaimed New York Times bestselling Saxon Tales, which serve as the basis for the hit Netflix series The Last Kingdom. He lives with his wife on Cape Cod and in Charleston, South Carolina.