Uthred of Bebbanburg is, of course, once again tasked to protect Alfred’s reign even though the core of his dream is to retake Bebbanburg. Indeed, I might have thought him a corpse if he had not pulled his hand away from Osferth, who was in tears. Uhtred arrives at Lundene expecting to move quickly, but Edward has been convinced by his advisers to wait, so they wait for months. Uhtred begs King Edward to come and attack, but Edward instead commands Uhtred to bring his men to Lundene, where his army is gathering. Over the years Uhtred has fought in countless battles and he has slain a countless number of people.

This is his sixth book in the Warrior Series and having read all up to this one, there has never been a dull moment. A hundred of Sigelf's men have been left behind at Lundene, supposedly because they have no horses, but in reality to seize and hold open a city gate.

Despite being a feared warrior of much renowned, he is a caring and loyal person, often to his own detriment. This novel is a dramatic story of the power of tribal commitment and the terrible difficulties of divided loyalties. With a title like death of Kings, and a series that is overrun with Kings, you find yourself wondering which of the many Kings shall be meeting an untimely ending, and how many of those at the hands of Uthred's sword.

Todos ellos quieren el mando y dificultan un acuerdo en cuanto a la estrategia a seguir para la invasión. To illustrate: the Danes know that people in tenth century Britain were a superstitious lot (Uhtred included) and they set up and pay a witch to prophesize the doom of Alfred’s allies and the victory of their own side. He manages to face a much larger Danish force led by Sigurd, a powerful Danish jarl, at a narrow bridge over the River Use. He doesn't like the church and its pious ways, and cleaves to the old gods, which allows him to carry on rutting, stabbing and feasting without compunction.Uhtred, thank goodness, will never be converted, for why would he want to follow a god who finds everything he loves about life to be a sin? Charles was convicted of treason and executed on 30 January 1649 outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall. Death of Kings is an outstanding novel by a master storyteller of how England was made – and very nearly lost. It is a cleverly written account of an incredibly violent period in british history known as the Dark Ages when the safety and security of the Roman ascendancy had long passed and the harsh moulding of the Norman Conquest or the glory of the Plantagenets was a still a long way in the future. It seems like Bernard has got a bit of a template now for each story in the series, making it a bit repetitive.

Charles also believed that he had the sole right to make laws, so to oppose him was a sin against God. Probably lacking a little of the twinkle and sparkle that I want from this series, especially since I had read The Burning Land right before Death of Kings and it served up all the twinkle and sparkle that a girl like me could need.

But the challenge to him, as the king's warrior, is that he knows that he will either be the means of making Alfred's dream of a united and Christian England come to pass or be responsible for condemning it to oblivion. I had struggled against him and for him, I had cursed him and thanked him, despised him and admired him.