Death of Kings

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Bernard Cornwell. Death of Kings

DEATH OF KINGS

BERNARD CORNWELL

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The Royal Family of Wessex

PLACE NAMES

PART ONE. The Sorceress

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

PART TWO. Death of a King

Six

Seven

Eight

PART THREE. Angels

Nine

Ten

PART FOUR. Death in Winter

Eleven

Twelve

Thirteen

Historical Note

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DEATH OF KINGS

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‘Cnut and Sigurd won’t attack now,’ I said, ‘but in the spring, maybe.’ Cnut and Sigurd were Danes from Northumbria and, like all the Danes, their abiding dream was to capture all the lands where English was spoken. The invaders had tried again and again, and again and again they had failed, yet another attempt was inevitable because the heart of Wessex, which was the great bastion of Saxon Christendom, was failing. Alfred was dying, and his death would surely bring pagan swords and heathen fire to Mercia and to Wessex. ‘But why would Cnut or Sigurd attack Eohric?’ I asked. ‘They don’t want East Anglia, they want Mercia and Wessex.’

‘They want everything,’ Ceolnoth or Ceolberht answered.

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