May 13, 2020 The Last Kingdom features some of the most famous and influential figures from the early years of England, incorporating them into the fictional story of. The Last Kingdom. Release year: 2015. In Season 1, young Saxon noble Uhtred transforms into a warrior and seeks to regain the lands annexed by his cunning uncle. Episode 1 59m. Abducted by a Viking warlord after his father is slain in battle, young Uhtred adopts the Norse way of life until tragedy befalls his new family. Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps. When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page. Enable JavaScript to see Google Maps. May 06, 2020 The Last Kingdom is based on Bernard Cornwell’s 13-book Saxon Stories series of historical novels, whereas Kingdom is adapted from a webcomic created by Kingdom writer Kim Eun-hee.
Author | Bernard Cornwell |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Series | The Saxon Stories |
Genre | Historical novel |
Published | October 4, 2004 HarperCollins |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 400 pp (hardback edition) & 384 pp (paperback edition) |
ISBN | 0-00-714990-5 (first, hardback edition) |
OCLC | 56647847 |
Followed by | The Pale Horseman |
The Last Kingdom is the first historical novel in The Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell, published in 2004. This story introduces Uhtred Ragnarson, born a Saxon then kidnapped by raiding Danes who raise him from age 11,[1][2][circular reference] teaching him how to be a warrior.
Plot summary[edit]
866 - 876: Osbert is 9 years old and the second son of Ealdorman (Earl) Uhtred, Lord of Bebbanburg in Northumbria. Danes raid Bebbanburg, and Ealdorman Uhtred's first son, also called Uhtred, is killed while scouting the raiders. Ealdorman Uhtred renames Osbert Uhtred. Ealdorman Uhtred is killed during a failed attack on Eoferwic (York) and his son is captured by Danish Earl Ragnar the Fearless. Ragnar, amused by the boy's bravery during the battle, keeps him as a thrall. Uhtred's uncle, Ælfric, takes Bebbanburg and usurps the title of ealdorman for himself, although Uhtred is the rightful heir.
Uhtred befriends Ragnar's youngest son, Rorik, and has many clashes with one boy in particular, Sven, son of Kjartan, one of Ragnar's shipmasters. One day, Sven kidnaps Ragnar's daughter, Thyra, and removes part of her clothing in an effort to sexually assault her. Uhtred charges Sven from hiding, taking Sven's sword and attacking him with it. Uhtred, Rorik, and Thyra escape back to Ragnar's hall. Ragnar dismisses Kjartan from his service when Kjartan makes light of his son's behaviour. He also crushes one of Sven's eyes with the hilt of his sword - adding darkly that he would have crushed both, had Sven stripped Thyra completely naked.
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Uhtred then goes viking across East Anglia, and participates in the conquests of Mercia and East Anglia, and the invasion of Wessex. He is kidnapped by a priest, Beocca, an old family friend. He then escapes from Wessex and rejoins Ragnar. Uhtred enjoys life with the Danes, but flees after Kjartan kills Ragnar, burning down his hall with Ragnar inside and abducting Thyra.
Uhtred hopes to escape Kjartan's assassins by spreading the rumour that he too died in the hall-burning. Uhtred then joins King Alfred in Wessex. There he learns to read and write, and sails with Alfred's fleet of 12 ships against the Danes. After a battle with the Danes, he meets Ragnar the Younger, Earl Ragnar's eldest son, and tells him how his father died and that Thyra was kidnapped. They part friends, swearing that one day they will band together to take revenge on Kjartan and rescue Thyra. Seeking to take command of the fleet, Uhtred gains it on the condition that he marry the orphaned Wessex girl Mildrith. He is not told that, by marrying her, he takes on her family's very large debt to the Church. Afterward, he takes part in a siege against Guthrum, and is among a group of hostages exchanged when the Danes and Saxons make peace. Staying with the Danes in the city over the winter, he again meets Ragnar, who saves him from death when Guthrum breaks the peace and murders the other Saxon hostages. Uhtred then escapes to find his wife. She was taken by Odda the Younger, another Wessex ealdorman, to the north. There he fights in the Battle of Cynwit, where Uhtred finds himself fighting against Ubba Lothbrokson's Danes.
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Characters in 'The Last Kingdom'[edit]
Cover for the mass-market paperback.
Fictional[edit]
- Uhtred - narrator, dispossessed Ealdorman of Bebbanburg originally called Osbert
- Earl Ragnar the Fearless - Danish warlord who adopts Uhtred
- Ragnar Ragnarsson(Ragnar the Younger) - Ragnar's son, Uhtred's foster brother and close friend
- Rorik Ragnarsson - Ragnar's younger son and Uhtred's childhood friend
- Thyra Ragnarsdottir - Ragnar's daughter kidnapped by Kjartan
- Brida - East Anglian Saxon girl, Uhtred's lover and friend
- Sigrid - Earl Ragnar's wife and mother to Ragnar the Younger, Rorik and Thyra
- Ravn - blind skald and Earl Ragnar's father
- Sven Kjartansson - Uhtred's sworn enemy and Kjartan's son
- Kjartan - Danish shipmaster who destroys Uhtred's future
- Father Beocca - Alfred's priest and Uhtred's family friend
- Mildrith - Uhtred's pious West Saxon wife
- Leofric - Uhtred's friend, warrior and shipmaster
- Odda the Younger - Ealdorman Odda's son and Uhtred's enemy
- Ælfric - Uhtred's uncle and usurper of the throne of Bebbanburg
- Lord Uhtred of Bebbanburg - Uhtred's father
- Gytha - Uhtred's stepmother
Historical[edit]
- King Alfred of Wessex(Alfred the Great) - the King of Wessex
- Æthelflæd - Alfred's eldest daughter, Lady of the Mercians.
- Guthrum the Unlucky - Danish warlord called the unlucky
- Ubba Ragnarsson - Danish warlord feared by many, older brother to Ivar and Halfdan
- Ivar Ragnarsson(Ivar the Boneless) - Danish warlord feared by many, brother to Ubba and Halfdan
- Halfdan Lothbroksson - Danish warlord and younger brother of Ubba and Ivar
- Ælswith - Alfred's wife who dislikes Uhtred
- Æthelwold - Alfred's nephew and friend of Uhtred
- Ealdorman Odda - Earldorman of Wessex
- King Edmund of East Anglia
- King Osbert of Northumbria
Television adaptation[edit]
In July 2014, the BBC announced that production would begin in autumn 2014 on a television adaptation, to be titled The Last Kingdom. Stephen Butchard is the writer. A series of eight 60-minute episodes was produced, and the series began airing on 10 October 2015.[3]BBC Two, Carnival Films and BBC America were involved in the production. As of April 2020, 36 episodes were aired in 4 seasons.
Publication details[edit]
- 2004, UK, HarperCollins ISBN0-00-714990-5, Pub date 4 October 2004, hardback
- 2005, UK, HarperCollins ISBN0-00-714991-3, Pub date 30 May 2005, paperback
- 2006, UK, HarperCollins ISBN0-00-721801-X, Pub date 3 October 2005, paperback (mass-market)
- 2006, USA, HarperTorch ISBN0-06-053280-7, Pub date 30 June 2006, paperback (mass-market)
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References[edit]
- ^Uhtred of Bebbanburg
- ^'Uhtred of Bebbanburg - DiscoverMiddleAges'. DiscoverMiddleAges.co.uk. 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^Una Maguire (9 July 2014). 'BBC Two announces new drama series, The Last Kingdom'. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
External links[edit]
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- The Last Kingdom on Netflix
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