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The Last Kingdom is the first historical novel in The Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell, published in 2004.
The Last Kingdom is a British historical drama television series based on Bernard Cornwell 's The Saxon Stories series of novels. The series was developed for television by Stephen Butchard and premiered on 10 October 2015 on BBC Two. For the second series, Netflix co-produced the series.
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- 46 (list of episodes)
- 10 October 2015 –, 9 March 2022
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Bernard Cornwell (born 23 February 1944) is an English writer who created and wrote The Saxon Stories novel series. He also portrayed Beornheard in The Last Kingdom. Additionally, he is given writing credits for all episodes in the television series.
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The Flame Bearer is the tenth historical novel in The Saxon Stories series aka The Last Kingdom series by Bernard Cornwell, first published in October 2016. It is set in 10th-century England and continues to follow the fortunes of the fictional Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
- 284 (hardback edition)
- Bernard Cornwell
- 2016
- HarperCollins
Three of the historical novel series have been adapted for television: the Sharpe television series by ITV, The Last Kingdom by BBC and The Winter King for MGM+. He lives in the US with his wife, alternating between Cape Cod , Massachusetts , and Charleston , South Carolina .
The Last Kingdom Series (Information) The Saxon Stories tell the tale of Alfred the Great and his descendants through the eyes of Uhtred, an English boy born into the aristocracy of ninth-century Northumbria, captured by the Danes and taught the Viking ways.
