CORNWELL, Bernard.

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The Last Kingdom series, with supplementary publication. First editions, all signed by the author, including a signed sampler for Death of Kings. Set in the ninth and tenth centuries during the birth of England, these historical novels are narrated by Uhtred of Bebbanburg, who is based on the historical Uhtred the Bold (d. 1016), an ancestor of Cornwell's.As Cornwell explains, the Last Kingdom series is "about the origins of England, how these different kingdoms come together, and it is told through the eyes of this fictitious character, bringing in ideas of revenge, identity and quest, mixing that with real history... The inhabitants of this island felt it was time to be united. I thought it had interesting echoes of today. Just a piece of history, incredibly untaught, it captured my imagination, and hopefully, it signals something new about the way historical drama will be made" (quoted in Brown).The BBC released a film series adaptation of the Last Kingdom in 2015. Netflix took over the production from the third season, releasing the fifth and final season in March 2022.

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