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Uhtred has been made Governor of London while Alfred, building fortified towns to hold Wesssex, pushes into Mercia.
Alfred of Wessex survives the Danish invasion only to find the Saxons targeted by Vikings, a conflict during which he harnesses the abilities of the formidable warrior Uhtred.
2) Heretic
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Young Thomas of Hookton, on a mission for King Edward to capture the castle of Astarac, becomes an outcast when he saves a beautiful woman from being burned as a heretic by a corrupt local priest, but his friends rally to his side when he uncovers a plot to create a fake Holy Grail for a diabolical purpose.
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The Danes of East Anglia and the Vikings of Northumbria are plotting the conquest of all Britain. When King Alfred's daughter pleads with Uhtred for help, he cannot refuse her request. In a desperate gamble, he takes command of a demoralized Mercian army, leading them in an unforgettable battle on a blood-soaked field beside the Thames.
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Thomas of Hookton, having witnessed the massacre of the people of his coastal English village by a marauding band of French raiders on Easter morning 1343, embarks on a quest to hunt down the black-clad knight who led the attack, avenge his neighbors, and recover a holy treasure the knight stole from the church.
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Uhtred of Bebbanburg has won back his ancestral home but, threatened from all sides by enemies both old and new, he doesn't have long to enjoy the victory. In Mercia, rebellion is in the air as King Edward tries to seize control. In Wessex, rival parties scramble to settle on the identity of the next king. And across the country invading Norsemen continue their relentless incursion, ever hungry for land. Uhtred finds himself once again torn between...
10) 1356: a novel
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The rascally Thomas of Hookton, aka Le Batard, and his band of not-so-merry mercenaries are bidden by the Earl of Northhampton to unearth the lost sword of Saint Peter in this recreation of the Battle of the Poitiers in 1356 wherein a severely outnumbered English army defeats the French and captures the Poitiers and French King John II.
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After the British establish a fort on the Penobscot River, the Massachusetts patriots--among them General Peleg Wadsworth and Colonel Paul Revere--mount an expedition to oust the redcoats.
A fictionalized account of the Penobscot Expedition of the American Revolution relates how colonial ships and infantry were decimated by a small Scottish force, a battle that led to an unsuccessful court-martial for Paul Revere.
12) Agincourt
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A fugitive English forester and mercenary defender saves young novitiate Melisande and, defending himself from a vengeance-seeking rapist priest and Melisande's father, finds himself slogging his way to Agincourt as an archer in King Henry V's army.
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