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The author of the last kingdom and sharpe, bernard cornwell, explains how his novels are payback for his childhood with the peculiar. Oct 04, 2004 the last kingdom by bernard cornwell is the first book in the saxon stories. Of my band of cutthroats, i was the last to read your book, and i selfishly horded it away. Bernard cornwell the last kingdom audiobook youtube. Uhtred is an english boy, born into the aristocracy of ninthcentury northumbria.
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