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The winter king, like the rest of the trilogy, is narrated by derfel which is pronounced dervel, one of arthurs warriors. Jun 25, 2017 bernard cornwell the last kingdom audiobook. At the end of the winter king arthur fought the battle that forces unity on the warring british kingdoms and now he sets out to face the real enemy the english it is one of the great ironies of the arthur stories that he should have become an english hero when, if he existed at all, he was a great warleader who opposed the invading sais. The empty throne by bernard cornwell audiobook full duration.
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