Die dunklen Krieger

Bernard Cornwell's Viking novels are incredibly successful and exceptionally well-written. The TV series "The Last Kingdom" was also a great success. The ninth historical novel in the series about the warrior Uhtred, titled "The Dark Warriors," takes us back to the 9th century, when the English nation was forming amidst the struggle between the Norsemen and the Anglo-Saxons. A fragile peace reigns in England. The kingdom of Mercia in the north is now ruled by Æthelflæd, the daughter of the late King Alfred. At the northern border of the country, she has installed her most experienced warlord, whose name is Uhtred. And from the north comes the enemy, a powerful army of Irish and Norsemen led by the fearsome Ragnall Iverson. Ragnall has a brother whom Uhtred has faced in the past, a warrior he respects - and to whom he gives his daughter as a wife.