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CORNWELL**, BERNARD: : WAR LORD. **

LONDON.HarperCollinsPublishers,2020.

ISBN 9780008183950.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with author's glossy, embossed,white-lettered name to front's top edge and capitalised, embossed,gilt-lettered title to lower edge. Spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author+title as the front's,a thumbnail colour photographic detail from front's illustration and publisher's white-lettered and illustrated name and colophon respectively,towards foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with story's gilt-lettered prose extract.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – pristine,appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt wolf's head decoration with surronding concentric rings of blocked gilt-lettered titles from the 'Last Kingdom' series to either board; bright,crisp,blocked gilt-lettered spine/backstrip,a yellow headband and immaculate/clean tan endpapers with black+ grey pennant illustration to lower corners' fore-edge.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-343pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3 comprising 6,4,5 chapters respectively,an Epilogue,an Historical Note,an Author Note; plus [unpaginated] half-title,Place Names list,title page,a dedication,a Contents list/table,a b/w historical map of England+Scotland,individual b/w vignetted Pts separator pages,an epigram between last page and Historical Note,Author's Note,3pp publisher's advert for author's published title/series to date - a blank verso to last page of same, followed by 2pp blanks.Author's 13th and concluding title in the saga. The 'Last Kingdom' series formerly 'The Warrior Chronicles'/Saxon Stories,begun with 'The Last Kingdom','The Pale Horseman','The Lords of the North','Sword Song','The Burning Land','Death of Kings','The Pagan Lord','The Empty Throne', 'Warriors of the Storm','The Flame Bearer','War of the Wolf',and the penultimate 'Sword of Kings' - see my sequential alpha-numerical book ID rja1194124 for a UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn of that title.  THE LAST KINGDOM series is an historical novel series about the birth of England in the 9th & 10th Centuries. The protagonist of the series is Uhtred of Bebbanburg, born to a Saxon lord in Northumbria. He is captured as a child and adopted by a Danish warlord.The name of the fictional protagonist comes from the historical Uhtred the Bold,and Cornwell is a descendant of this family. The story begins with the conquest of all but one of the major Saxon kingdoms by the Danes, with Wessex,the last kingdom,nearly overrun. Alfred the Great,King of Wessex,rallies his forces and begins the long struggle to fulfill his ambition of uniting all English speakers in one realm.Uhtred,despite his inclinations otherwise,repeatedly fights and schemes to bring about Alfred's dream over the course of a long life.  The epic conclusion to the globally bestselling historical series. After years fighting to reclaim his rightful home,Uhtred of Bebbanburg has returned to Northumbria.With his loyal band of warriors and a new woman by his side,his household is secure - yet Uhtred is far from safe.Beyond the walls of his impregnable fortress,a battle for power rages.To the south,King AEthelstan has unified the three kingdoms of Wessex,Mercia and East Anglia - and now eyes a bigger prize.To the north,King Constantine and other Scottish and Irish leaders seek to extend their borders and expand their dominion.Caught in the eye of the storm is Uhtred.Threatened and bribed by all sides,he faces an impossible choice: stay out of the struggle,risking his freedom,or throw himself into the cauldron of war and the most terrible battle Britain has ever experienced. Only fate can decide the outcome.The epic story of how England was made concludes in 'WAR LORD', the magnificent finale to the 'Last Kingdom' series.  Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included /FREE.  ** N.B. US/CANADA customers please be aware: standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **                                                                    

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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