“I'm in pain all the time,' I said, 'and if I gave into it then I'd do nothing.” — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
“I hated Alfred. He was a miserable, pious, tight-fisted king who distrusted me because I was no Christian, because I was a northerner, and because I had given him his kingdom back at Ethandun. And as reward he had given… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
