The Flame Bearer
- Published
- 1 January 2016
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN-13
- 9780062250827
- Type
- novel
About this book
At 304 pages, The Flame Bearer (2016) is the tenth novel in The Last Kingdom, sitting between Warriors of the Storm and War of the Wolf. Uhtred's decades-long pursuit of his birthright, the fortress at Bebbanburg, moves closer to resolution as the series heads into its final stretch.
Key facts about The Flame Bearer
The Flame Bearer is a novel by Bernard Cornwell. Readers have had it since 1 January 2016. It runs to 304 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of The Flame Bearer. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780062250827 to find the main one.
The Flame Bearer is book 10 of 14 in The Last Kingdom series. The series has 14 published books. However, the series starts with The Last Kingdom (2004). Uhtred's Feast: Inside the World of The Last Kingdom is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 25 May 2023.
Additionally, Bernard Cornwell writes Sharpe, The Crowning Mercy Trilogy and The Sailing Thrillers, plus 3 more series. Those series sit on our historical fiction, thriller and historical fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Sharpe's Storm is the latest published Bernard Cornwell book on file, from 21 October 2025.
About Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell is a British author of historical adventure fiction, best known for immersing readers in the physical detail and moral complexity of pre-modern warfare. His breakout Sharpe series follows Richard Sharpe, a low-born British soldier rising through the ranks during the Napoleonic Wars, and became a household name in Britain thanks to the long-running ITV adaptation starring Sean Bean. See every Bernard Cornwell book in order.
Its place in The Last Kingdom
The Flame Bearer is book 10 in the The Last Kingdom series. It follows Warriors of the Storm. It is followed by War of the Wolf. See the full The Last Kingdom reading order.
The Last Kingdom (published in the UK as The Saxon Stories, then The Warrior Chronicles) is Bernard Cornwell's account of the making of England, narrated by Uhtred of Bebbanburg — a Northumbrian nobleman's son captured and raised by Vikings as a boy, who grows up caught between two loyalties: the Danes who taught him to fight and love, and the Saxon kingdoms of his birth. It opens in 866, as Danish armies are overrunning England one kingdom at a time, and follows the fifty-year fight to stop them, centred on…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780062695505
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780007504213
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780007504268