ENGLAND IS BORN BBC2's major TV series THE LAST KINGDOM is based on Bernard Cornwell's bestselling novels on the making of England & the fate of his great hero Uhtred of Bebbanburg The Lords of the North is the third book in the series Season 2 of the epic TV series premiers this March The year is 878 Uhtred of Bebbanburg fresh from fighting for Alfred the Great must journey north with a band of men to avenge his father who has been cut down by the Danish lord Kjartan Uhtred's oldest enemy But the north is a realm of chaos rebellion & bloody retribution As he plans his revenge attack Uhtred is betrayed & ends up on a slave voyage to Iceland Friends & alliances must unite to free him & fight once more in the battle for England