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Violence
A lot
Viking Age battle violence; raids and killings depicted with historical authenticity; some scenes are intense
Language
Some
Moderate adult language throughout
Sexual Content
Some
Adult romantic relationships; some content, period-appropriate
Substance Use
Some
Period-appropriate drinking in Viking and Saxon cultures
Emotional Intensity
Some
The weight of owing loyalty to two peoples at war with each other
What this book is about
Young Uhtred of Bebbanburg is captured by Danish Vikings as a boy and raised as one of them—until history forces him to return to the Saxon world and serve Alfred the Great. Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Stories opener is a visceral, action-packed historical novel about the birth of England.
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