Encuadernación: Rústica Colección: Novela Historica En contra de su voluntad, Uhtred, el formidable guerrero, recibe la orden de iniciar conversaciones con los vikingos para sellar la paz, pero acaba descubriendo que le han tendido una celada. Los hombres que rodean al rey no se fían de él, los daneses sueñan con darle muerte y su única persona de confianza, Etelfleda, hija de Alfredo, está recluida en un convento. El propio Uhtred, confinado en una miserable hacienda de Mercia, observa cómo los clérigos más próximos al rey le aconsejan una política de pacificación y conversión mientras, en las fronteras del reino, los enemigos de Wessex se hacen cada día más fuertes. Los daneses hablan de paz, pero se disponen para la guerra. Sueñan con apoderarse de Wessex, el más próspero de los territorios sajones. Corren rumores de que Alfredo el Grande, el hombre que ha regido los destinos del reino durante casi treinta años, se está muriendo, y no faltan los malos presagios. Muerte de Reyes es una espléndida novela sobre cómo se fraguó un sueño, Inglaterra, y de cómo estuvo a punto de irse al traste. El propio Uhtred, confinado en una miserable hacienda de Mercia, observa cómo los clérigos más próximos al rey le aconsejan una política de pacificación y conversión mientras, en las fronteras del reino, los enemigos de Wessex se hacen cada día más fuertes.
Against his will, Uhtred, the formidable warrior, is ordered to initiate conversations with the Vikings to seal the peace, but ends up discovering that they have laid a trap for him. The men who surround the king do not trust him, the Danes dream of killing him and his only trusted person, Etelfleda, Alfredo's daughter, is confined in a convent. Uhtred himself, confined to a miserable estate in Mercia, observes how the clerics closest to the king advise him a policy of pacification and conversion while, on the borders of the kingdom, the enemies of Wessex grow stronger every day. The Danes speak of peace, but they are preparing for war. They dream of seizing Wessex, the most prosperous of the Saxon territories. Rumors are running that Alfred the Great, the man who has ruled the kingdom's destiny for nearly thirty years, is dying, and there is no shortage of bad omens. Muerte de Reyes is a splendid novel about how a dream was forged, England, and how it was about to be ruined.
Against his will, Uhtred, the formidable warrior, is ordered to initiate conversations with the Vikings to seal the peace, but ends up discovering that they have laid a trap for him. The men who surround the king do not trust him, the Danes dream of killing him and his only trusted person, Etelfleda, Alfredo's daughter, is confined in a convent. Uhtred himself, confined to a miserable estate in Mercia, observes how the clerics closest to the king advise him a policy of pacification and conversion while, on the borders of the kingdom, the enemies of Wessex grow stronger every day. The Danes speak of peace, but they are preparing for war. They dream of seizing Wessex, the most prosperous of the Saxon territories. Rumors are running that Alfred the Great, the man who has ruled the kingdom's destiny for nearly thirty years, is dying, and there is no shortage of bad omens. Muerte de Reyes is a splendid novel about how a dream was forged, England, and how it was about to be ruined.