Uther, the High King of Britain, has died, leaving the infant Mordred as his only heir. His uncle, the loyal and gifted warlord Arthur, now rules as caretaker for a country which has fallen into chaos - threats emerge from within the British kingdoms while vicious Saxon armies stand ready to invade. As he struggles to unite Britain and hold back the Saxon enemy, Arthur is embroiled in a doomed romance with beautiful Guinevere.
The winter king
a novel of Arthur
This book might be part of the The warlord chronicles series.
Part of Warlord Chronicles (1)
Bernard Cornwell: The winter king (1996, St. Martin's Press)
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431 pages
English language
Published 1996 by St. Martin's Press.
Subjects
- Arthur, King -- Fiction
- Arthurian romances -- Adaptations
- Kings and rulers -- Fiction
- Britons -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- History -- To 1066 -- Fiction