The narrator sprinkles the novel with acerbic comments relating the characters and the events that he describes.Ĭornwell began the publication of Saxon Chronicles in 2004, when The Last Kingdom, the first book in the series was published. His story intertwines with the story of the British Isles during the end of 9th century. The protagonist, Uhtred of Bebbanburg is an old man narrating the tales of the events that happened decades earlier starting from his childhood. There is also a close resemblance between Alfred and Arthur. The series is commonly juxtaposed with The Warlord Chronicles firstly because of the homologous nature between the two main characters (both orphaned) and secondly due to their similar nature between the foreign menace in the form of Saxons in The Warlord Chronicles, and Danes in The Saxon Stories.
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