TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cornwell,Bernard
TI  - The empty throne
T2  - Saxon tales
SN  - 9780007504176 (paperback)
U1  - 823.92 23
PY  - 2014///.
CY  - London
PB  -  Harpercollins, 
KW  - Saxons
KW  - England
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Vikings
KW  - Civil War
KW  - Kings and rulers
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066
KW  - Alfred, 871-899
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - gsafd
N2  - The new novel in Bernard Cornwell's number one bestselling series The Warrior Chronicles, on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. The forces of Wessex and Mercia have united against the Danes, but instability and the threat of Viking raids still hang heavy over Britain's kingdoms. For Aethelred, Lord of the Mercians, is dying, leaving no heir and the stage is set for rivals to fight for the throne. Uhtred of Bebbanburg, Mercia's greatest warrior, has always supported Athelflaed to be Mercia's next ruler, but will the aristocracy ever accept a woman as their leader? Even one who is Aethelred's widow and sister to the king of Wessex? As the Mercians squabble and the West Saxons try to annex their country, new enemies appear on the northern frontier. The Saxons desperately need strong leadership, but instead they are fighting for an empty throne and threatening to undo the unity and strength they have fought so hard to achieve. Bernard Cornwell's new novel is an outstanding tale of a country torn apart by invasions and dynastic strife, from a master storyteller
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