![]() ![]() Curious about Guthred's astounding claim, Uhtred follows him north. An encounter with a vicious slave trader introduces Uhtred to Guthred, the self-proclaimed King of Northumbria. After achieving victory at King Alfred's side, Uhtred of Bebbanburg is returning to his home in the North, finally free of his allegiance to the King-or so he believes. to purchase so I had been forced to settle for the awful Sellwood version to continue Uhtrid's mighty tale.The third installment of Bernard Cornwell's bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, "like Game of Thrones, but real" (The Observer, London)-the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit BBC America television series. Thoroughly and totally disappointed after having started the first two books in the series read by the amazingly talented and powerful John Keebles, whose voice is the PERFECTION for this series!! But for whatever horrible reason the John Keebles version from book 3 and on are not available in the U.S. Tom Sellwood has absolutely NO business narrating this series PERIOD!!! He is very well spoken but utterly lacks the deep, raw, throaty, strong, authoritative, passionate, GRITTY & MASCULINE voice necessary to convincingly portray a 9th century Viking Warlord and the battle hardened men around him!!!!! His voice/voices is/are shamefully weak and his portrayal is truly nothing shy of disastrously flat and impotent. But he also discovers love and redemption as he is forced to turn once again to his reluctant ally, Alfred the Great.Ī breathtaking adventure, Lords of the North is also the story of the creation of modern England, as the English and Danes gradually become one people, adopting each other's languages and fighting side by side. Instead of victory, Uhtred finds betrayal. Together they cross the Pennines to where a desperate alliance of fanatical Christians and beleaguered Danes form a new army to confront the terrible Viking lords who rule Northumbria. Needing other allies, he chooses Guthred, a seemingly deluded slave who believes he is a king. His only ally is Hild, a West Saxon nun fleeing her calling, and his best hope is his sword. Uhtred arrives in the north to discover rebellion, chaos, and fear. Uhtred flees Wessex, going north to search for his stepsister in the formidable stronghold of Dunholm. Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian lord, helped Alfred win that victory, but now he is disgusted by Alfred's lack of generosity. ![]() ![]() The year is 878, and the Saxons of Wessex, under King Alfred, have defeated the Danes to keep their kingdom free. ![]()
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