The eighth installment of Bernard Cornwell s bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, like Game of Thrones, but real ( The Observer , London) the basis for The Last Kingdom , the hit BBC America television series. My name is Uhtred. I am the son of Uhtred, who was the son of Uhtred . . . Britain, early tenth century AD: a time of change. There are new raids by the Vikings from Ireland, and turmoil among the Saxons over...