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The Pagan Lord

The Last Kingdom Series, Book 7

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The Pagan Lord

By: Bernard Cornwell
Narrated by: Matt Bates
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The seventh 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.

Alfred the Great is dead and Edward his son reigns as king. Wessex survives but peace cannot hold. The Danes in the north, led by Viking Cnut Longsword, stand ready to invade and will never rest until the emerald crown is theirs.

Uhtred, once Alfred’s great warrior but now out of favour with the new king, must lead a band of outcasts north to recapture his old family home, that great Northumbrian fortress, Bebbanburg.

Loyalties will be divided and men will fall, as every Saxon kingdom is drawn into the bloodiest battle yet with the Danes; a war which will decide the fate of every king, and the entire English nation.

©2013 Bernard Cornwell (P)2013 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Action & Adventure Genre Fiction Historical Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Thriller & Suspense War & Military World Literature Royalty Fiction War

Critic Reviews

‘Bernard Cornwell is always in full command of his material and The Pagan Lord demonstrates his unobtrusive skills as a novelist… Cornwell provides his usual pleasures of a strong narrative, vigorous action and striking characterisation. Like some of his characters he remains king of the territory he has staked out as his own’ SUNDAY TIMES
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bring on the next book!!! matt bates does another outstanding job and I cannot imagine anyone else doing it now!

great as always

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His usual standard of story we'll done look forward to the next book and the continuation of utred adventures.

Story at its best

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all of Cornwalls work is good reading, the narrator did not have a deep voice which was a bit jaring.

great as always

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Whilst I love listening to the stories it would be good if the pronunciation of names and place names was consistent through all the books.
Look forward to the next one.

Great story

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well written. well paced. exciting. strong lead. good narration. will be back. fate is inexorable!

great Listen.

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a great story full of adventure, gory battles. never ending action, page turning. great sense of humour from the characters.

a great story full of gory adventure, and battles.

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Brilliant book. One of the best. Spine tingling action Can’t wait to listen to the next one

Excellent

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Having listened to all the books in the series to date it is disappointing to have had so many changes of narrator, however this reading was particularly bad as both the pronunciation of names of certain characters was different and more disconcerting was the change in 'personality' of several of the key characters.

Disappointing narration

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