Book Review - Sword Song
This is the fourth book in The Saxon Chronicles. Cornwell used one of his ancestors as the model for Uhtred, a Saxon brought up by Danes who serves King Alfred. Alfred is not quite Alfred The Great yet but he's working on conquering and combining all of what will eventually be England.
I love these books.
Uhtred is clever and ruthless while being loving to his family and friends and loyal to his King. He wants nothing more than to be free of his oath to Alfred but refuses to violate it. His frustrations with Alfred, his many Priests and the Church are unending but he manages to get past them all to get the job done.
The job in this book is to take Lundene (London) back from the Danes and keep it for Alfred. Along the way, he gets involved with a royal kidnapping, unlucky lovers and, of course, constant battles with Church representatives.
Good stuff and there's going to be another book in the series. Yay.
I love these books.
Uhtred is clever and ruthless while being loving to his family and friends and loyal to his King. He wants nothing more than to be free of his oath to Alfred but refuses to violate it. His frustrations with Alfred, his many Priests and the Church are unending but he manages to get past them all to get the job done.
The job in this book is to take Lundene (London) back from the Danes and keep it for Alfred. Along the way, he gets involved with a royal kidnapping, unlucky lovers and, of course, constant battles with Church representatives.
Good stuff and there's going to be another book in the series. Yay.
