01571cam a2200337 4500 193288516 TxAuBib 20141213120000.0 100325s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2010025454 9780060888763 trade pbk 14.99 0060888768 trade pbk 14.99 (OCoLC)574188461 TxAuBib Cornwell, Bernard. The burning land : a novel / Bernard Cornwell. 1st Harper pbk. New York : Harper, 2010. xiv, 345 p. : maps, geneal. table ; 21 cm. Originally published: Great Britain : HarperCollins, 2009. Includes an excerpt frpm the author's The fort : a novel of the revolutionary war (p. 337-345). The warlord -- Viking -- Battle's edge. The Danes of East Anglia and the Vikings of Northumbria are plotting the conquest of all Britain. When King Alfred's daughter pleads with Uhtred for help, he cannot refuse her request. In a desperate gamble, he takes command of a demoralized Mercian army, leading them in an unforgettable battle on a blood-soaked field beside the Thames. 20141213. Alfred, King of England, 849-899 Fiction. Vikings Fiction. Saxons England Fiction. Historical fiction. Great Britain History Alfred, 871-899 Fiction. TXALB