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  London began to become more important at this time. It was fought over between Mercia and Wessex. Over the next fifty years Wessex increased its power culminating in the reign of Alfred the Great at the end of the century. The kingdoms of Essex and Kent gradually disappeared. They had been part of the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy but they had never been one of the major players. The balance of power had shifted from Northumbria to Mercia and would culminate in Wessex which became England. The shift allowed the Danes in the east and the Norse in the north to gain both land and power until by the middle of the ninth century the country was effectively divided in two; Danelaw was in the north and the east of Britain and England (Wessex) in the south and the west.

  The place names are accurate and the mountain above Coniston is called the Old Man. The river is not navigable up to Windermere but I have allowed my warriors to carry their drekar as the Vikings did in the land of the Rus when travelling to Miklagård. The ninth century saw the beginning of the reign of the Viking. They raided Spain, the Rhone, Africa and even Constantinople. They believed they could beat anyone!

  I used the following books for research

  British Museum - ‘Vikings- Life and Legends’

  ‘Saxon, Norman and Viking’ by Terence Wise (Osprey)

  Ian Heath - ‘The Vikings’. (Osprey)

  Ian Heath- ‘Byzantine Armies 668-1118 (Osprey)

  David Nicholle- ‘Romano-Byzantine Armies 4th-9th Century (Osprey)

  Stephen Turnbull- ‘The Walls of Constantinople AD 324-1453’ (Osprey)

  Keith Durham- ‘Viking Longship’ (Osprey)

  Mark Harrison-‘Anglo Saxon Thegn AD 449-1066 (Osprey)

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  Table of Contents

  Dedication

  Prologue

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Epilogue

  The End

  Glossary

  Maps

  Historical note

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