The formation of England occurred against the odds: an island divided into rival kingdoms, under savage assault from Viking hordes. But, after King Alfred ensured the survival of Wessex and his son Edward expanded it, his grandson Athelstan inherited the rule of both Mercia and Wessex, conquered Northumbria and was hailed as Rex totius Britanniae: 'King of the whole of Britain'.

The latest in the bestselling Alfred series from number one historical novelist, Bernard Cornwell. In the last years of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is in failing health, and his heir is an untested youth. The Danes, who have failed so many times to conquer Wessex, smell opportunity! First comes Harald Bloodhair, a savage warrior leading a Viking horde, who is encouraged to cruelty by his woman, Skade. But Alfred still has the services of Uhtred, his unwilling warlord, who leads Harald into a trap and, at Farnham in Surrey, inflicts one of the greatest defeats the Vikings were ever to suffer

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A Prince of Cornwall

With regard to the topography of the Wessex frontier involved, although it practically explains itself in the course of the story, it may be as well to remind a reader that West Wales was the last British kingdom south of the Severn Sea, the name being, of course, given by Wessex man to distinguish it from the Welsh principalities in what we now call Wales, to their north.
"Prince of Cornwall" takes place around  690-710 AD, and deals much with the relations between Welsh and Saxons, feat. some resident Danes in the country.

A Thane of Wessex

This book is historical fiction, placed in early England. The hero is a young man who has inherited some property, after his father dies. The young man, Heregar, unwisely says things against the king of England. A neighbor with covetous eyes encourages the young man to say more, and then brings this to the attention of the local authorities. As punishment Heregar is kicked out of society. He is outside the protection of the law, he is now an outlaw. At this point in time an outlaw didn't always mean a criminal. An outlaw was someone who was on his own.

Sword Song

The year is 885, and England is at peace, divided between the Danish kingdom to
the north and the Saxon kingdom of Wessex in the south. Uhtred, the dispossessed
son of a Northumbrian lord—warrior by instinct, Viking by nature—has finally
settled down. He has land, a wife, and two children, and a duty given to him by
King Alfred to hold the frontier on the Thames. But then trouble stirs: a dead man
has risen, and new Vikings have arrived to occupy the decayed Roman city of
London. Their dream is to conquer Wessex, and to do it they need Uhtred's help.
But Alfred has other ideas...


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