DEATH OF KINGS.**

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£18.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork by Lee Gibbons/Tim Moon illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, solid and sound,near pristine - though the book has a slight lean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread example? Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate green illustrated eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3- 335pp [paginated] includes prologue,Pts 1-4,historical note; plus [unpaginated],half-title page,2pp glossary of place names,title page,a dedication,contents list/table,single page b/w map,genealogical family tree (Royal Family of Wessex), /w line vignette illustrated Pts1-4 and Historical note separator pages,and 2pp blanks at rear. Cornwell's latest series focuses on the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex,England during the 9th-century reign of Alfred the Great, his fierce opposition to the Danes and his determination to unite England as one country.The series,as of 2016,had ten books. Uhtred,the great warrior,is ordered,much against his will,to talk peace with the Vikings.He is sent into a trap.The men who control the king do not trust Uhtred,the Danes want him dead,and his only ally is AEthelflaed,Alfred's daughter,who has been condemned to a nunnery.Uhtred himself has been banished to an impoverished estate in Mercia,and must now watch as the churchmen around the king urge a policy of peace and conversion while the enemies of Wessex grow ever stronger on the border.The Danes talk peace, but they want war.They want Wessex,the richest Saxon kingdom. Alfred the Great,who has ruled for almost thirty years,is rumoured to be dying,and there are bad omens - 'seven kings will die' the sorceress had said to Uhtred, 'and the women you love'. When Alfred dies the rivals for his crown will try to destroy each other, leaving Wessex open to the Viking onslaught.The survival of Alfred's kingdom - and indeed of the English nation - is at stake. 'Death of Kings' is an outstanding novel of how England was made and very nearly lost. The sixth of Cornwell's acclaimed 'Uhtred' series about the Anglo Saxon kingdoms,Alfred the Great,and the battles to repel the Danish invaders. Want more Bernard CORNWELL titles? For similar and other titles,please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED catalogues. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!