The Pagan Lord

A Novel

By: Bernard Cornwell

Narrated by: Matt Bates

The seventh installment of Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit BBC America television series.

At the onset of the tenth century, England is in turmoil. Alfred the Great is dead and his son Edward 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 favor with the new king, must lead a band of outcasts north to recapture his old family home, the impregnable Northumbrian fortress Bebbanburg.

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

With The Pagan Lord, New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell—"the most prolific and successful historical novelist in the world today” (Wall Street Journal)—continues his magnificent epic of the making of England during the Middle Ages, vividly bringing to life the uneasy alliances, violent combat, and deadly intrigue that gave birth to the British nation.

Another well written book

Another great book by Bernard Cornwell. it makes it easy to listen to the early history of England and how it came to be. I just wish they didn't keep changing voice actors. And then at least if it was a different voice actor they kept the same pronunciation of names and places. other than that I'm really enjoying these books.

I Could Not Stop

Seriously, I listened to this book in 3 days. This series has been addicting from the start and continues to be one of my favorites.

Great book.

Hate to think of this series ending
Historical history at its best. Always engrossing and entertaining.

Great story of battles and personalities in the 10th century England

I really didn’t dislike anything but, the beginning of the story, the narrator was not as good as he was from the middle to the end. Overall a great story.

Maybe there'll be author's notes in the next book?

I've read ALL of the Saxon Stories available as of 7/6/2015 and have loved every one!

But, there are a few problems:

Cornwell includes notes in his books at the very end. For some reason, the author's notes aren't read on the recording at the end of the book or, at least, not consistently! Can you really call the book "unabridged" at that point?! :)

Also, if you sail into a "fjord", it's pronounced "fih-YORD", If you fight Kjartan The Cruel and refer to him as "kih-JAR-tin" then you've successfully distracted me from my listening pleasure. I then stop listening and choose a few select words for the reader/performer, his engineer, the producer...all of you!

The next book comes out soon. Maybe there will be a change??