On top of that, Cornwell is set to publish a 13 th instalment this autumn with War Lord, so a potential sixth season might not even be the end. The good news for fans is that a further four books exist in Cornwell’s series, which, if Netflix were agreeable, would take The Last Kingdom all the way to season six. Season one covered The Last Kingdomand The Pale Horseman, season two covered The Lords of the North and Sword Song, season three covered The Burning Land and Death of Kings, and season four has depicted events from The Pagan Lord and The Empty Throne. So far, each season of The Last Kingdom has loosely adapted two books in Bernard Cornwell’s Saxon Stories saga. Let’s take a look at what season five might involve…
This year, fans had to wait twice that long between the season four (read our spoiler-filled episode reviews and ending explainer) release date and the season five renewal news, but it’s officially happened. Following the release of The Last Kingdom season three in Netflix back in November 2018, fans had to wait over a month to hear that season four was on the way.
