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4.7/5
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Language
  
English

Publication date
  
8 October 2015

Originally published
  
8 October 2015

Preceded by
  
The Empty Throne

Genre
  
Historical Fiction

4.4/5
Goodreads

Country
  
United Kingdom

Series
  
The Saxon Stories

Media type
  
Print (hardback)

Author
  
Bernard Cornwell

Followed by
  
The Flame Bearer

Publisher
  
HarperCollins

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Pages
  
320 pp (first, hardback edition)

Similar
  
The Empty Throne, The Pagan Lord, The Flame Bearer, The Pale Horseman, Death of Kings

Warriors of the Storm is the ninth historical novel in The Saxon Stories series by Bernard Cornwell, first published in October 2015. It is set in 10th-century Mercia, Northumbria and Northern Ireland and continues to follow the fortunes of the fictional Uhtred of Bebbanburg.

Contents

Plot summary

After becoming the ruling lady of Mercia, Æthelflaed is establishing control over her lands and retaking still more of it from the Danes. Meanwhile, her brother and ally Edward, king of Wessex, is conquering East Anglia. Only Northumbria remains firmly under Danish control, but the constant threat of new Viking incursions still remains. Uhtred of Bebbanburg, Mercia's greatest warrior, will become involved in a struggle between family and loyalty, between oaths given and political demands, with no easy solution. And the clash between the Vikings and the Saxons will resound across the land.

Fictional

  • Uhtred of Bebbanburg - the protagonist, dispossessed Ealdorman of Bebbanburg, narrator
  • Finan the Agile - Irish slave and warrior Uhtred has befriended
  • Osferth - Aethelflaed and Edward's illegitimate elder brother
  • Uhtred Uhtredson - Uthred's younger son, originally named Osbert
  • Father Oswald - Uthred's elder son, named Uthred before being disinherited, named Judas by Uhtred.
  • Stiorra - Uthred's daughter, married to Sigtryggr Ivarsson
  • Brida - Former lover of Uhtred. Ally to Ragnall Ivarsson. Lady of Dunholme and widow to Ragnar.
  • Berg - One of Uhtred's best warriors. Saved from execution by Uhtred as a boy in Wales.
  • Eadith - Uhtred's lover. Former lover of Æthelred.

    • Historical

  • Æthelflæd – King Alfred's daughter and widow to Athelred
  • King Edward - King Alfred's son and King of Wessex
  • Æthelstan - son of King Edward from his first wife, Ecgwynn
  • Earl Haesten – A Danish Jarl (earl), who previously broke a life-oath to Uhtred who is now a dangerous enemy, seemingly based on a Viking leader of the same name recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  • Ragnall Ivarson
  • Sigtryggr Ivarsson
  • Bishop Leofstan – Newly appointed Bishop of Chester.

    • Reviews

    Early for many reviews yet, but Kirkus refers to this addition to the series as "sometimes ribald, but always smartly done". It then suggests fans might be disappointed by its lack of length.

    References

    Warriors of the Storm Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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