‘The Last Kingdom’ is a historical British television series based on the best-selling novels of the same name by Bernard Cornwell.  Set in an England, (that is not yet England), there are 4 kingdoms, with the Kingdom of Wessex being the last to stand against the Danes.  The year is 872 and the story is about Uhtred (Alexander Dreymon), who has been robbed of his birthright and in the process is captured by Vikings who raise him as a Dane and as one of their own.