Thetwelfth installment of Bernard CornwellsNew York Timesbestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England"superiorentertainment that is both engaging and enlightening (Washington Post), and the basisforThe Last Kingdom, the hit Netflix series.It is a time of political turmoil once more as the fading King Edward begins to lose control over his successors and their supporters. There are two potential heirspossibly moreand doubt over whether the once separate states of Wessex ...