THE LAST KINGDOM SERIES 1-3

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

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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, Hampshire

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