{"product_id":"2940170296583","title":"The Last Kingdom","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the excitingamp;#8212;yet little knownamp;#8212;story of the making of England in the 9th and 10th centuries, the years in which King Alfred, his son and grandson defeated the Danish Vikings who had invaded and occupied three of Englandamp;#39;s four kingdoms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story is seen through the eyes of Uhtred, a dispossessed nobleman, who is captured as a child by the Danes and then raised by them so that, by the time the Northmen begin their assault on Wessex, Alfredamp;#39;s kingdom and the last territory in English hands, Uhtred almost thinks of himself as a Dane. He certainly has no love for Alfred, whom he considers a pious weakling and no match for Viking savagery, yet when Alfred unexpectedly defeats the Danes and the Danes themselves turn on Uhtred, he has to decide which side he is on. By now he is a young man, in love, trained to fight and ready to take his place in the dreaded shield wall. Above all, though, he wishes to recover his fatheramp;#39;s land, the magical fort of Bebbanburg by the wild northern sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis thrilling adventureamp;#8212;based on existing records of Bernard Cornwellamp;#39;s ancestors, depicts a time when law and order were ripped violently apart by a pagan assault on Christian England, an assault that came very close to destroying England altogether. This is the excitingamp;#8212;yet little knownamp;#8212;story of the making of England in the 9th and 10th centuries, the years in which King Alfred, his son and grandson defeated the Danish Vikings who had invaded and occupied three of Englandamp;#39;s four kingdoms.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158974185712,"sku":"2940170296583","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170296583_p0.jpg?v=1763797507","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170296583","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}