The Pagan Lord: Book 7 (The Last Kingdom Series)

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Após a morte do rei Alfredo no livro anterior, seu filho Eduardo está no trono e o reino passa por um leve período de paz. Uhtred vive agora sem o peso de precisar defender o novo rei, já que seu juramento estendia-se apenas ao falecido Alfredo. Portanto, nada melhor do que descansar um pouco e apenas cuidar das lavouras, certo? Nada disso!

Here in this story, the writer has introduced Uhtred of BEBBANBURG, who was born as a Saxon but kidnapped by the DANES. Maybe that is the reason that he does not have any feelings for Alfred. Lord Uhtred arrastra secuelas de la batalla de Tettenhall que cierra el libro anterior, y en la que resultó gravemente herido. No me cuadra demasiado esto de la herida supurante, la espada mágica y la curación milagrosa. Aunque tiene que ceder protagonismo a sus lugartenientes y a sus hijos, sigue estando en el centro de la acción y para un tipo medio tullido, es un poco increíble. Now I’ll not go into the plot for fear of spoilers, but I will say the plot in The Pagan Lord is one of the most unique and original of the series. Things REALLY happen and it is intense, electrifying and brilliant. Cnut is a sublime antagonist, as is Uhtred’s uncle and some other characters that were so much fun. There are new enemies, new friends and most importantly, new shield walls. My opinion comes with the first time bias to consider; I watched the TV series adaptation first, and I do believe that season 3 and season 4—so far, because The Pagan Lord covers only the first half of the fourth season—have been superior compared to the novels. Cornwell himself often mentioned that the TV series adaptation did an excellent job adapting his novels, and I agree with him. The Pagan Lord was okay; it's the weakest of the series so far for me, and there’s nothing special with this one. I personally think that the big changes executed in the TV series did Cornwell’s novels justice. I hope The Empty Throne will be better than this.Holy smokes, this story opened up with an unpleasant bang! That scene was awful. Uhtred unintentionally kills someone, and the repercussions from this murder are pretty darned serious. If you have read Uhtred's story up to this point, you know how pigheaded, violent and impulsive he can be. But that scene was upsetting for so many reasons.

The Last Kingdom – Uhtred is a dispossessed nobleman who is captured as a child by the Danes and almost thinks of himself as a Dane. He has no love for Alfred, yet when the king of Wessex unexpectedly defeats the Danes, Uhtred is forced to choose sides. Trained to fight and ready to take his place in the shield wall, he mostly wishes to recover his father’s land, the enchanting fort of Bebbanburg by the wild northern sea.After publishing eight books in his ongoing Sharpe series, Cornwell was approached by a production company interested in adapting them for television. The producers asked him to write a prequel to give them a starting point to the series. They also requested that the story feature a large role for Spanish characters to secure co-funding from Spain. The result was Sharpe’s Rifles, published in 1987, and a series of Sharpe television films staring Sean Bean.

The first book in the series, The Last Kingdom, has one of the most memorable opening chapters of all the books I have ever read. I may not recall it word for word, but I will always remember that first line and the tone of what came after. He was watching my eyes. A man who uses a sword with lethal skill always watches his opponent's eyes.” I’ve been sitting on this review for almost five days now. It’s a rare occurrence for me to take this many days to sit and really write a review, but yes, I struggled that much trying to write a review for The Pagan Lord, the seventh book in The Last Kingdom series by Bernard Cornwell. I’m going to keep this review short. The imaginary character of Uhtred author has explained the thrilling adventure of Cornwell’s ancestors. The Last Kingdom is also called the triumph of a novel. The Pale Horseman (2005) The Last Kingdom has five seasons available to stream on Netflix. It stars Alexander Dreymon as Uhtred, Emily Cox as Brida, and David Dawson as King Alfred. The fifth and final season aired in March 2022.

How to read The Last Kingdom Series in order?

The story revolves around the grand making of England. There is a vivid description of historical events in Bernard Cornwell’s novels the series of novels helps readers to understand the chronology. Warlord The story, in all its mud, guts and glory, is delivered via first person narrative in the simple, gritty language of his leathery, warrior hero Uhtred of Bebbanburg. We trudge up and down England with him and his tiny though loyal crew of cast-offs as he searches for a place to call his own. Implementing his tried and true technique, Cornwell makes Uhtred out to be a bloody-minded tough thug with a heart of gold who has been wronged. This author is fantastic at drawing sympathy from his readers, regardless of how repulsive he paints his protagonists.

I'm relatively new to this series, so this book was the first I really had to wait for, and the fact that I finished this book in two sittings is a testament to how much I missed Uhtred. He's definitely a singular presence in fiction. He's an utter he-man but in the most likable way, and blessedly free of cheesy, ham-handed masculinity. It's not like "I'm a badass because I think I look cool in mail and a helmet with a wolf's-head crest" type stuff which would be terribly annoying. Uhtred is a badass because killing Danes has literally been his chosen career for like forty years at this point. He's like the CEO of Wessex & East Anglia Dane Slaying, INC. and he has to come to work with his expensive suit (of mail), his litany of crude sexual and scatological insults, and mastery of all things martial. It also helps that he's a clever and ruthless bastard. This is an ARC…which by now is not terribly advanced at all. But anyway, I won it here on Goodreads and I thought I should mention that…but now that I think about it, why should I mention that? I mean, I'm going to give my honest opinion of the thing no matter how I came about my copy, so what the hell?! This is the worst disclosure statement ever.) Like books four and five in the GoT series, much of this book feels like housekeeping. Perhaps I should say, hallkeeping or castlecleaning.A battle is the shield wall. It's smelling your enemy's breath while he tries to disembowel you with an axe, it's blood and shit and screams and pain and terror. It's trampling in your friend's guts as enemies butcher them. It's men clenching their teeth so hard they shatter them. Have you ever been in battle? Left at loose ends, he sets off to reclaim Bebbanburg which is still under his rotten uncle's control. Many, many things happen, some of which were quite twist-y and really threw me for a loop. One thing led to another, and everything finally culminates in a battle against the Danes at Teotanheale in the Mid-lands. This is circa 910 AD.