Uhtred’s Feast: Inside the world of The Last Kingdom

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The Last Kingdom is one of the most successful historical fiction series of our time, telling the epic story of the birth of England, and introducing one of the greatest ever fictional heroes: the iconic Uhtred of Bebbanburg. It is wonderful to be provided with the author's thoughts and feelings towards this character that we have all grown to love so much. As for me, I'm going to stick with more contemporary eats - compared to these, even Ramen soup is a delight! The protagonist is an archer who participates in the Battle of Agincourt, another devastating defeat suffered by the French in the Hundred Years War. I will say from the outset that it is disappointing reviewers are unhappy with only short stories, or that there are recipe’s included - did they not read the blurb?

They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site.Over the course of writing the Last Kingdom series, Bernard Cornwell discovered an increasing fascination for the Anglo-Saxon world: its people, their culture, and their domestic lives beyond the battlefield. It was very interesting to learn about not only what they ate but things such as quality and quantity.

If you are reading this for the 3 short stories/novellas and aren’t a completist then probably wait for a second hand copy or the paperback. He then joined BBC's Nationwide and was promoted to become head of current affairs at BBC Northern Ireland. After publishing eight books in his ongoing Sharpe series, Cornwell was approached by a production company interested in adapting them for television. All advice, including picks and predictions, is based on individual commentators’ opinions and not that of Minute Media or its related brands. He went on to tell the story of Badajoz in his third Sharpe novel, Sharpe's Company, published in 1982.In this lively compendium, Bernard Cornwell revisits Uhtred’s realm, illuminating elements of the Anglo-Saxon world he couldn’t fully explore in his novels. Two good short stories, one ok short story (although hard to see if there is any tie in with historical claims for it), interesting information on the food and drink available in Saxon/Viking times and a lot of recipes I’ll certainly never try. He attempted to enlist in the British armed services at least three times but was rejected on the grounds of myopia.

He named his chief protagonist Richard Sharpe, a rifleman involved in most major battles of the Peninsular War.But this new book, titled Uhtred’s Feast,won’t justbe stories; it’ll also be the definitive The Last Kingdomcookbook, combining several shorter works about Uhtred with recipes inspired by medieval Anglo-Saxon fare. I’ve always found that topic mildly interesting without being fascinated by it, so the fact that it fills about half the book meant it was never going to get 5 stars from me.

The Netflix show only covered the first 10 of them, which is where the movie comes in; it will combine events from Cornwell’s final three books to wrap up Uhtred’s story. This book gave Cornwell the opportunity to investigate further into the day to day living of the time.

I bought this book for the additional short stories, but I was actually pretty interested in the food information and the recipes. The promise of more stories set during some of the most iconic periods of The Last Kingdomsaga, like when Uhtred was still serving as an advisor to King Alfred, is a great way to entice fans to check out Uhtred’s Feasteven if they’re not interested in coking. The final Last Kingdom book was published in 2020, but for the author the story felt there were some Uhtred tales he still wanted to tell, and over the course of writing the books he'd become fascinated by some elements of the Anglo-Saxon world that it wasn't possible to fully explore in the novels. Bernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex and worked for the BBC for eleven years before meeting Judy, his American wife.