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The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell

The Last Kingdom

by Bernard Cornwell
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  • Feb 1, 2005, 333 pages
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  • Jan 2006, 368 pages
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A ripping good yarn set in the time of Alfred The Great. Historical Fiction
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