The Empty Throne

The Empty Throne: A Novel (Warrior Chronicles) Hardcover – Deckle Edge, January 6, 2015

Author: Visit Amazon’s Bernard Cornwell Page | Language: English | ISBN: 006225071X | Format: PDF, EPUB

The Empty Throne: A Novel – Deckle Edge, January 6, 2015
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• Series: Warrior Chronicles


• Hardcover: 320 pages


• Publisher: Harper (January 6, 2015)


• Language: English


• ISBN-10: 006225071X


• ISBN-13: 978-0062250711


• Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 9 inches


• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)


• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #380 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  
  • #3 in Books > literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Historical > Military
  
  
  • #7 in Books > Literature & Fiction > British & Irish > Historical
  
  
  • #8 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > War
  
  

This is instalment eight of the Warrior Chronicles set in the time of King Alfred and his son and successor, Edward the Elder (reigned 899-924), with Uthred, the pagan warlord brought up by the Danes, still fighting on the side of the Saxons, and at the side of Alfred’s daughter, Aethelflaed ,“the Lady of the Mercians”, in particular.

This book picks up the story where the previous volume ended, although it is possible to read it in isolation. To be fair, however, it is preferable – but not absolutely necessary – to read the whole series sequentially. Just like the previous volume (and just about all the others as well!), this one is a thundering good yarn, and a hugely entertaining read. For me at least (and for many others, I suspect), it is the kind of book you would do well NOT to start reading in the evening when you have to get up next morning to go to work.

Again, Bernard Cornwell has been true to form and has delivered yet another first class swashbuckler adventure story. It has a fast-paced narrative with lots of “blood and thunder”, plots, battles and treason. It is also based on a well-researched historical context and a number of historical characters that the author has somewhat adapted (or even distorted at times) to allow Uthred the warlord to continue to play the leading role that he has had throughout the series.

The characterisation is perhaps the strongest point of the book, if only because this is where it could have gone badly wrong, with descriptions of Uthred, Finan and their usual antics becoming tiresome, improbable and “déjà vu”.

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