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In the middle years of the ninth century, the fierce Danes stormed onto British soil, hungry for spoils and conquest. Kingdom after kingdom fell to the ruthless invaders until only one realm remained. Suddenly the fate of all England--and the course of history--depended upon one man, one king.
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Uhtred, having helped the Saxon king Alfred defeat the Danes, heads for Dunholm intending to free his stepsister who is being held prisoner in the Danish stronghold, and along the way falls in with Guthred, the self-proclaimed King of Northumbria, who has much to learn from Uhtred about battle, politics, and the ways of a monarch.
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Uhtred has been made Governor of London while Alfred, building fortified towns to hold Wesssex, pushes into Mercia.
Alfred of Wessex survives the Danish invasion only to find the Saxons targeted by Vikings, a conflict during which he harnesses the abilities of the formidable warrior Uhtred.
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At the end of the ninth century, Alfred the Great is on his death bed and unified England is on the brink of chaos, and Saxon-born, Viking-raised warrior Uhtred is forced to choose between his vows to Alfred and England or to lay down his sword to reclaim his long-lost ancestral lands in the north.
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A fragile peace reigns in Wessex, Mercia and East Anglia. King Alfred's son Edward and formidable daughter, Aethelflaed, rule the kingdoms. But all around the restless Northmen, eyeing the rich lands and wealthy churches, are mounting raids. Uhtred of Bebbanburg, the kingdoms' greatest warrior, controls northern Mercia from the strongly fortified city of Chester. But forces are gathering against him.
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"My name is Uhtred. I am the son of Uhtred, who was the son of Uhtred . . ." Britain, early tenth century AD: a time of change. There are new raids by the Vikings from Ireland, and turmoil among the Saxons over the leadership of Mercia. A younger generation is taking over. Aethelred, the ruler of Mercia, is dying, leaving no legitimate heir. The West Saxons want their king, but Uhtred has long supported Athelflaed, sister to King Edward of Wessex...
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Alfred Caldwell, Illinois architect, educator, landscape architect, poet, and historian (1903-1998), fought to make people aware of the need for contact with nature, even in the middle of cities. He inspired architectural students and prodded city officials for almost seventy years, interpretating and applying the revolutionary concepts of his mentors: Jens Jensen, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Mies van der Rohe.
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In 1962, Francois Truffaut persuaded Alfred Hitchcock to sit with him for a week long interview in which the great British auteur would share with his young admirer the secrets of his cinema. Based on the original recordings of this meeting--used to produce the seminal book Hitchcock/Truffaut--this film illustrates the greatest cinema lesson of all time and plunges us into the world of the creator of Psycho, The Birds and Vertigo. Hitchcock's singular...
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In 1916, Georgia O'Keeffe is a young, unknown art teacher when she travels to New York to meet Stieglitz, the famed photographer and art dealer, who has discovered O'Keeffe's work and exhibits it in his gallery. Their connection is instantaneous. O'Keeffe is quickly drawn into Stieglitz's sophisticated world, becoming his mistress, prot�eg�e, and muse, as their attraction deepens into an intense and tempestuous relationship and his photographs...
20) Double take
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Johan Grimonprez's ingenious documentary/ fiction hybrid - a meditation on identity, filmmaking, power and paranoia - looks at Alfred Hitchcock's 50s-60s films against the climate of Cold War anxiety. Using a meticulous array of archive footage and a story by novelist Tom McCarthy, Grimonprez traces the global rise of fear as a commodity, examining modern history through the lens of mass media.
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