The Last Kingdom Series Books 1-3: The Last Kingdom, The Pale Horseman, The Lords of the North
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BERNARD CORNWELL
Copyright
These novels are entirely works of fiction. The names, characters, and incidents portrayed in them, while at times based on historical figures, are the work of the author’s imagination.
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The Last Kingdom first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2004
The Pale Horseman first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2005
The Lords of the North first published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2006
Copyright © Bernard Cornwell 2004, 2005, 2006
Bernard Cornwell asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
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Ebook Edition © August 2013 ISBN: 9780007532520
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright
THE LAST KINGDOM
THE PALE HORSEMAN
THE LORDS OF THE NORTH
About the Author
Also by Bernard Cornwell
About the Publisher
THE LAST KINGDOM
BERNARD CORNWELL
Copyright
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it, while at times based on historical figures, are the work of the author’s imagination.
Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd
1 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9GF
www.harpercollins.co.uk
First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2004
Copyright © Bernard Cornwell 2004
Bernard Cornwell asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Ebook Edition © July 2009 ISBN: 9780007338818
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
Version: 2017-05-08
THE LAST KINGDOM
is for Judy, with love
Wyrd bið ful ãræd
CONTENTS
Title Page
Dedication
Map
Place Names
Prologue: NORTHUMBRIA, 866–867 AD
Part One: A PAGAN CHILDHOOD
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Part Two: THE LAST KINGDOM
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Part Three: THE SHIELD WALL
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Historical Note
Copyright
PLACE NAMES
The spelling of Place Names in Anglo-Saxon England was an uncertain business, with no consistency and no agreement even about the name itself. Thus London was variously rendered as Lundonia, Lundenberg, Lundenne, Lundene, Lundenwic, Lundenceaster and Lundres. Doubtless some readers will prefer other versions of the names listed below, but I have usually employed whatever spelling is cited in the Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names for the years nearest or contained within Alfred’s reign, 871–899 AD, but even that solution is not foolproof. Hayling Island, in 956, was written as both Heilincigae and Hæglingaiggæ. Nor have I been consistent myself; I have preferred the modern England to Englaland and, instead of Norðhymbralond, have used Northumbria to avoid the suggestion that the boundaries of the ancient kingdom coincide with those of the modern county. So this list, like the spellings themselves, is capricious:
Æbbanduna Abingdon, Berkshire Æsc’s Hill Ashdown, Berkshire Baðum (pronounced Bathum) Bath, Avon Basengas Basing, Hampshire Beamfleot Benfleet, Essex Beardastopol Barnstable, Devon Bebbanburg Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland Berewic Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland Berrocscire Berkshire Blaland North Africa Cantucton Cannington, Somerset Cetreht Catterick, Yorkshire Cippanhamm Chippenham, Wiltshire Cirrenceastre Cirencester, Gloucestershire Contwaraburg Canterbury, Kent Cornwalum Cornwall Cridianton Crediton, Devon Cynuit Cynuit Hillfort, nr. Cannington, Somerset Dalriada Western Scotland Defnascir Devonshire Deoraby Derby, Derbyshire Dic Diss, Norfolk Dunholm Durham, County Durham Eoferwic York (also the Danish Jorvic, pronounced Yorvik) Exanceaster Exeter, Devon Fromtun Frampton on Severn, Gloucestershire Gegnesburh Gainsborough, Lincolnshire the Gewæsc The Wash Gleawecestre Gloucester, Gloucestershire Grantaceaster Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Gyruum Jarrow, County Durham Haithabu Hedeby, trading town in Southern Denmark Hamanfunta Havant, Hampshire Hamptonscir Hampshire Hamtun Southampton, Hampshire Heilincigae Hayling Island, Hampshire Hreapandune Repton, Derbyshire Kenet River Kennet Ledecestre Leicester, Leicestershire Lindisfarena Lindisfarne (Holy Island), Northumberland Lundene London Mereton Marten, Wiltshire Meslach Matlock, Derbyshire Pedredan River Parrett Pictland Eastern Scotland the Poole Poole Harbour, Dorset Readingum Reading, Berkshire Sæfern River Severn Scireburnan Sherborne, Dorset Snotengaham Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Solente Solent Streonshall Strensall, Yorkshire Sumorsæte Somerset Suth Seaxa Sussex (South Saxons) Synningthwait Swinithwaite, Yorkshire Temes River Thames Thornsæta Dorset Tine River Tyne Trente River Trent Tuede River Tweed Twyfyrde Tiverton, Devon Uisc River Exe Werham Wareham, Dorset Wiht Isle of Wight Wiire River Wear Wiltun Wilton, Wiltshire Wiltunscir Wiltshire Winburnan Wimborne Minster, Dorset Wintanceaster Winchester, HampshireКонец ознакомительного фрагмента.
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