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The last kingdom by bernard cornwell is the first book in the saxon stories. This story introduces uhtred ragnarson, born a saxon then kidnapped by raiding danes who. Among his many books are the new york times bestsellers 56 and agincourt. The saxon stories also known as saxon talessaxon chronicles in the us and the warrior chronicles and most recently as the last kingdom series is a historical novel series written by bernard cornwell about the history of anglosaxon england in the ninth and tenth centuries. Once upon a time, in a land that was called britain, these things happened.
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