Uhtred's Feast: Inside the World of The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell - Non Fiction - Hardback

Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Hardback. ISBN: 9780008352929. Publisher: HarperCollins. Overview. Uhtred's Feast: Inside the World of The Last Kingdom is a unique companion volume to Bernard Cornwell's bestselling Saxon Tales, blending narrative history with authentic Anglo-Saxon cookery. Featuring three brand-new exclusive short stories starring Uhtred of Bebbanburg alongside sixty recipes developed with chef Suzanne Pollak, it explores the food, culture and daily life behind the epic novels and the hit Netflix series The Last Kingdom. A must-have for devoted fans wanting more Uhtred.. About the Book. Over the course of writing the Last Kingdom series, Bernard Cornwell developed a growing fascination with the Anglo-Saxon world beyond the battlefield — its people, its culture, and the rhythms of domestic life. That fascination, combined with a chance meeting with renowned chef Suzanne Pollak, a specialist in early medieval cookery, gave rise to Uhtred's Feast. The result is a beautifully crafted hybrid of social history and cookbook: sixty recipes drawing on authentic Anglo-Saxon ingredients and techniques sit alongside three brand-new short stories written exclusively for this volume, revealing Uhtred as a young boy, as advisor to King Alfred, and as a seasoned prince. Rather than another instalment in the main Saxon Tales sequence, this is a rich, illustrated companion that opens the door to the ordinary Saxon home during an extraordinary moment in England's formation. Readers get a genuinely fresh perspective on the world behind the novels and the Netflix adaptation — how Uhtred's people ate, cooked, feasted and lived — presented with the narrative flair Cornwell is famous for. It's an ideal gift or collector's addition for anyone who has followed Uhtred's journey from Bebbanburg to the birth of England, and for readers with a general interest in Anglo-Saxon history and historical cookery alike.. Three exclusive new Uhtred short stories not available anywhere else