Witness the birth of england as you’ve never seen in the acclaimed series the last kingdom from the makers of downton abbey.at the end of the 9th century many of the separate kingdoms, which we now call england, have fallen in bloody conflict with invading danes'. '.strtoupper('a')gainst this turbulent backdrop lives our hero, uhtred alexander dreymon'. '.strtoupper('b')orn the son of a saxon nobleman, he is captured by the danes and raised as one of their own'. '.strtoupper('f')or many years fate binds him to alfred david dawson, saxon king of wessex'. '.strtoupper('u')htred must fight for alfred’s dream of uniting the kingdoms'. '.strtoupper('s')uffering great personal tragedy, uhtred is torn between the country of his birth and the people of his upbringing.after alfred’s death, the turbulent reign of the new king edward threatens his father’s dream more than ever'. '.strtoupper('u')htred confronts a difficult choice if he deserts alfred’s legacy, the future of the english people will be changed forever.