![]() ![]() Uhtred, likewise, loves Ragnar like a father.ĭuring this period, Uhtred lives like a Dane. Throughout the next years, Ragnar becomes fond of Uhtred and sees him as an adopted son. Seeing the courage and fearlessness that Uhtred already holds at such a young age, Ragnar doesn’t kill him but takes Uhtred with him at the end of the battle. “I recognised him as the man who had killed my brother and, like the fool I was, I screamed at him.” The Saxons retaliate in a pitched battle, during which 9-year-old Uhtred sees his brother’s killer and tries to get revenge. Uhtred’s brother is murdered by a Dane called Ragnar the Fearless. ![]() In the first-person perspective, Uhtred tells us his tale and throughout The Last Kingdom, he presents his formative years from a youth, through his teenage years to the time that he becomes a man.ĭuring the prologue, Danes attack the outskirts of Beddanburg. son of Uhtred who is the Ealdorman of Bebbanburg by birthright. 9/10 – In The Last Kingdom, we follow Uhtred. ![]()
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