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Sword Song
- The Last Kingdom Series, Book 4
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
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Summary
The fourth in the best-selling Alfred series from number-one historical novelist, Bernard Cornwell.
The year is 885, and England is at peace, divided between the Danish kingdom to the north and Alfred's kingdom of Wessex in the south.
But trouble stirs, a dead man has risen and new Vikings have arrived to occupy London. It is a dangerous time, and it falls to Uhtred, half Saxon, half Dane, a man feared and respected the length and breadth of Britain, to expel the Viking raiders and take control of London for Alfred.
His uncertain loyalties must now decide England's future.
A gripping tale of love, rivalry and violence, Sword Song tells the story of England's making.
Critic reviews
Praise for The Lords of the North:
“Beautifully crafted story-telling, complete with splendid set-piece battles and relentless derring-do, so gripping that it rarely stops to catch a breath. It demonstrates once again Cornwell's enormous skill as a historical narrator. He would have graced Alfred's court entertaining the guests with his stories” (Daily Mail)
“Cornwell takes the spectres of ninth century history and puts flesh back on their bones. Here is Alfred's world restored - impeccably researched and illuminated with the colour and passion of a master storyteller” (Justin Pollard, author of Alfred the Great)
Praise for Bernard Cornwell:
“Bernard Cornwell is a literary miracle. Year after year, hail, rain, snow, war and political upheavals fail to prevent him from producing the most entertaining and readable historical novels of his generation.” (Daily Mail)
“Cornwell's narration is quite masterly and supremely well-researched” (Observer)
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- Jane
- 26-09-18
Another excellent story in the series
Great book, another gripping episode of the story, with the best narrator of all, in my opinion
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- Stan_lety2
- 10-02-15
Top narration by a Stephen Perring,
Stephen adds a new dimension to audio books this is my fourth book by Bernard Cornwall, I'm throughly enjoying the story and the supporting narration.
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- M. CARVER
- 16-05-16
Brilliant Narrator!
Jonathan Keeble is probably my favourite narrator and im more likely to read books narrated by him. this was a good book can't say it was my favourite in the series but worth a listen.
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- Mel Graham
- 11-05-23
Another superb installment of the series
The narrative is as strong as ever and the narration energetic and exciting. Faultless!
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- Ian Booth
- 29-05-23
another fantastic listen
I am looking each and every one of this series on Audible! Having read all the books and can say that the narrator does an amazing job of doing various accents and also hearing certain place names and words as they were said in that time period is also helpful too
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- Lee Nichols
- 13-10-23
Awesome
Well this series just gets better and better. The writing and narration is totally on point, top marks.
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- DonThomas Stegberg
- 29-12-23
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he who read these 4 books was absolutely the best to listen to. too bad it was his last book in the series. book 5 gets a new one and he sucks. I returned the book and will not buy more of this series.
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- Kindle Customer
- 24-03-21
sword song is true
loved it, twist and turns at every step, lots of blood, and quite some tender moments.
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- rob
- 23-04-21
Loved the first four books - gave book 5 back
It's very worth listening to the first four books in this series - they are truly excellent and the narration is superb. Unfortunately, I had to give book 5 back - the change of narrator did not work for me at all. That said even with knowing that (and I was not canny enough to read the review beforehand), I am still very glad that I listened to the first four. Very enjoyable.
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- Mum of Two
- 02-01-21
more viking adventures...
Again, compulsive listening for Uhtred's story! more blood, guts and gory battles, interwoven with historical fact.
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