Uhtred is old and wants to spend his last years in peace at Bebbanburg. Æthelstan, now king, swore never to attack Northumbria while Uhtred lived, but his advisers say an oath to a pagan doesn't count, and he invades. Uhtred captures King Guthfrith for him, but trust between them breaks down. Æthelstan sends an envoy with a forged seal to take Bebbanburg, and Uhtred sets a trap that gets rid of him and Guthfrith. Three years later, Anlaf, Constantine and other kings invade. Uhtred picks the battlefield, and Æthelstan wins at Brunanburh. In the end Uhtred is still lord of Bebbanburg and becomes the Lord of the North.
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ChangeUhtred lives in the book
In the book, Uhtred survives Brunanburh, stays lord of Bebbanburg and comes to be called the Lord of the North. The film leaves him near death with his fate open.
The last book ends with the battle of Brunanburh, in 937, which secured Æthelstan's rule over the English kingdoms. Cornwell closes the series with it.
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