<p><em>New York Times</em> bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns to his epic Saxon Tales saga with <em>The Pagan Lord</em>, a dramatic story of divided loyalties, bloody battles, and the struggle to unite Britain.</p><p>At the onset of the tenth century, England is in turmoil. Alfred the Great is dead and Edward his son reigns as king. Wessex survives but peace cannot hold: the Danes in the north, led by Viking Cnut Longsword, stand ready to invade and will never rest until the emerald crown is theirs. </p><p>Uhtred, once Alfred’s great warrior but now out of favor with the new king, must lead a band of outcasts north to recapture his old family home, that great Northumbrian fortress, Bebbanburg.</p><p>In <em>The Pagan Lord,</em> loyalties will be divided and men will fall, as every Saxon kingdom is drawn into the bloodiest battle yet with the Danes; a war which will decide the fate of every king, and the entire English nation.</p>