#86 in Historical fiction
The Burning Land
- 352
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Burning Land” finds “The Saxon Stories” at full strength in their fifth volume: quick to read and dense with incident. Readers stay engaged; some feel Uhtred’s choice between Danes and Saxons has never seemed so real and name this their favourite of the series so far. Others find the opening stretch slow before the rest makes up for it. The four earlier novels come first.
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About the book
The Burning Land is the fifth historical novel in The Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell, published in 2009. The story is set in the 9th-century Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Wessex, Northumbria and Mercia. The first half of season 3 of the British television series The Last Kingdom is based on this novel.
Reading order · The Saxon Stories
Full order & progress →- The Last KingdomStart here
8.28.2 / 10 - The Pale Horseman
8.28.2 / 10 - The Lords of the North
–Not ranked yet - Sword Song
8.28.2 / 10 - The Burning LandThis book
8.18.1 / 10 - Death of Kings
8.18.1 / 10 - The Pagan Lord
8.28.2 / 10 - The Empty Throne
8.28.2 / 10 - Warriors of the Storm
8.28.2 / 10 - The Flame Bearer
8.18.1 / 10 - War of the Wolf
8.18.1 / 10 - Sword of Kings
8.08.0 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 133 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 48% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Historical fiction average of 8.0. That is how 8.1 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 8 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 125 | 94% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Burning Land?
It has 352 pages — shorter than 73% of the ranked books in Historical fiction.
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