Sword Song (The Alfred Series, Book 4) (The Last Kingdom Series) by Bernard Cornwell

Sword Song by Bernard Cornwell is a novel featuring Uhtred of Bebbanburg. It is part of The Alfred Series (Book 4) and The Last Kingdom series.

• Title: Sword Song
• Author: Bernard Cornwell
• Series: The Alfred Series
• Book number: 4
• Also part of: The Last Kingdom series

Set in a broken land, Uhtred faces a defining choice: serve a king or become one. Known as a warrior and pagan, and feared as a scourge of the Vikings, he is offered a crown of his own but remains bound by an oath to King Alfred of Wessex, who dreams of an England free from Viking rule.

When Alfred commands him to take London from the Danes and surrender it to his son-in-law, Aethelred, Uhtred agrees despite serious doubts. Aethelred’s wife, Alfred’s spirited daughter Aethelflaed, is closely linked to Uhtred’s fate, and events move with an inevitability that cannot be resisted. Sharp-minded and sword-ready, Uhtred continues to clash with the priests and nobles who seek to shape his future, caught between the life he loves and the people he has sworn to serve.