The Lords of the North

The Lords of the North is the third novel in Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Stories, set in ninth-century Wessex and Northumbria. After helping King Alfred secure Wessex, Uhtred of Bebbanburg returns north seeking revenge on his uncle and old enemies Kjartan the Cruel and Sven the One-Eyed. He becomes involved with Guthred, a former slave who claims the kingship of Northumbria, and is drawn into shifting alliances, betrayal, warfare, and the struggle over the future of England.

by Bernard Cornwell

HarperCollins · First published 2006 · 314 pages