The Burning Land: A Novel

In a clash of heroes, the kingdom is born. At the end of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is in ill health; his heir, an untested youth.

The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell
HarperCollins, January 2006
ISBN 0-06-078712-0
Hardcover

Travel back to the western territories of Saxon England in the late 9th century. This is the world of the legendary King Alfred the Great, the uncommonly pious Christian monarch who wages battles against the invading pagan Danes in hopes of solidifying his sovereignty over a besieged and divided England.

This is also the world of the brash young warrior and nobleman Uhtred of Bebbanburg.