Action Dad: Uhtred becomes this at the end of The Last Kingdom by Mildrith and, after the child dies during The Pale Horseman, becomes one again by Gisela in between Lords of the North and Sword Song.

Uhtred and Sigtryggr manage to finally defeat him by turning almost his entire army against him.

0% Approval Rating: The Norse warlord Ragnall Ivarson is widely disliked and mistrusted by his own jarls for his practice of taking many of their families hostage in order to ensure their obedience.

The Last Kingdom, a television series based on the books, premiered in 2015. Originally, Cornwell intended The Saxon Stories to be a trilogy, yet decided to keep writing after The Lords of the North. Much of the story revolves around Uhtred's conflicting loyalties to the Danes and King Alfred, as well as his personal desire to reclaim Bebbanburg from his uncle, who claimed it after Uhtred was taken captive. Uhtred ends up serving King Alfred, ruler of Wessex, who controls the only English kingdom yet to be conquered by the Danes. Uhtred lives among the Danes until Ragnar is slain by one of his shipmasters, Kjartan. The stories follow Uhtred of Bebbanburg, who is captured by the Danes during a raid and adopted by the warlord Ragnar the Fearless. The Saxon Stories are a series of Historical Fiction novels by Bernard Cornwell, set during the reign of King Alfred the Great, who is fighting to keep England from being overrun by the Danes, and following Death of Kings, his successors. From the prologue of The Last Kingdom (2004)

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