The 12th book in the epic and bestselling series that has gripped millions.A hero will be forged from this broken land.As seen on Netflix and BBC around the world.An oath bound him to King Alfred. An oath bound him to Æthelflaed. And now an oath will wrench him away from the ancestral home he fought so hard to regain. For Uhtred has sworn that on King Edward’s death, he will kill two men. And now Edward is dying.A violent attack drives Uhtred south with a small band of warriors, and headlong into the battle for kingship. Plunged into a world of shifting alliances and uncertain loyalties, he will need all his strength and guile to overcome the fiercest warrior of them all. As two opposing Kings gather their armies, fate drags Uhtred to London, and a struggle for control that must leave one King victorious, and one dead. But fate – as Uhtred has learned to his cost – is inexorable. Wyrd bið ful ãræd. And Uhtred’s destiny is to stand at the heart of the shield wall once again…
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Bernard Cornwell. Sword of Kings
SWORD OF KINGS. Bernard Cornwell
Copyright
Dedication
PLACE NAMES
Map
PART ONE. A Fool’s Errand
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
PART TWO. City of Darkness
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
PART THREE. The Field of Barley
EIGHT
NINE
TEN
PART FOUR. Serpent-Breath
ELEVEN
TWELVE
THIRTEEN
HISTORICAL NOTE
About the Author
Also by Bernard Cornwell
The SHARPE series (in chronological order)
About the Publisher
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Sword of Kings is for Suzanne Pollak
Title Page
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‘We have shields,’ I said, ‘and archers like a steady ship, not a boat pitching like an unbroken colt.’
Roric, my servant, brought me my helmet. Not the proud helmet with the silver wolf crouching on its crest, but a serviceable helm that had belonged to my father and was always left on board Spearhafoc. The metal cheek-pieces had rusted and been replaced with boiled leather. I pulled the helmet over my head and Roric laced the cheek-pieces so that an enemy would see nothing but my eyes.
