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Death of kings

King Alfred is dying and his passing threatens the island of Britain to renewed warfare. Alfred wants his son, Edward, to succeed him but there are other Saxon claimants to the throne as well as ambitious pagan Vikings to the north.

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Main Author:	Cornwell, Bernard
Corporate Authors:	Recorded Books, LLC, HarperCollins (Firm)
Other Authors:	Perring, Stephen (Narrator)
Format:	Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:	English
Published:	Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, [2012], p2011.
Edition:	Unabridged, [Recorded Books ed.].
Series:	Cornwell, Bernard. Last kingdom ; 6.
Subjects:	Alfred, > King of England, > 849-899 > Fiction. Great Britain > History > Alfred, 871-899 > Fiction. Great Britain > History > Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 > Fiction. Historical fiction > England. Audiobooks.
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Summary:	King Alfred is dying and his passing threatens the island of Britain to renewed warfare. Alfred wants his son, Edward, to succeed him but there are other Saxon claimants to the throne as well as ambitious pagan Vikings to the north.
Item Description:	Compact disc. Title from container. Release date supplied by publisher. Recording originally produced by HarperCollins Publishers, p2011. In container (17 cm.) "With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container.
Physical Description:	8 sound discs (10 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. Issued also on cassette.
ISBN:	9781464004322 1464004323
Author Notes:	Bernard Cornwell was born in London, England, on February 23, 1944, and came to the United States in 1980. He received a B.A. from the University of London in 1967. Cornwell served as producer of the British Broadcasting Corporation from 1969-1976. After this he was head of current affairs for BBC-TV in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 1979 he became editor of television news for Thames Television of London. Since 1980 he has been a freelance writer. he lives with his wife on Cape Cod. Cornwell's Sharpe series, adventure stories about a British soldier set in the Peninsula War of 1808-1814, are built on the author's interest in the Duke of Wellington's army. Titles include Sharpe's Rifles, Sharpe's Revenge, Sharpe's Siege, Sharpe's Regiment, and Sharpe's Waterloo. The Last Kingdom series has ten books. Book ten, The Flame Bearer is on the bestsellers list. He has also written other works including Wildtrack, Killer's Wake, Sea Lord, Stormchild, Rebel, Copperhead, and Battle Flag. His title Death of Kings made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2012 and In 2014 his title The Pagan Lord made the list again. (Bowker Author Biography)