Death of KingsThe sixth installment of Bernard Cornwells New York Times bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, like Game of Thrones, but real (The Observer, London)the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit television series. As the ninth century wanes, Alfred the Great lies dying, his lifelong goal of a unified England in peril, his kingdom on the brink of chaos. Though his son, Edward, has been named his successor, there are other

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orphaned Cecilia Harcourt has two unbearable choices: move in with a maiden aunt or marry a scheming cousin

The price is the person he loves most: Alice

from the days of strict segregation to the present

question our long-held assumptions of who we are as a nation and a people

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told in the heartbreakingly resonant voice of a young heroine who is determined to discover the truth about her family and what went wrong one snowy winter night

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