{"product_id":"conquest-of-the-danelaw-the-birth-of-england-paperback","title":"Conquest of the Danelaw: The Birth of England - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eH. a. Culley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e thelflӕd, daughter of King  lfred the Great, is elected Lady of the Mercians after her husband dies. Together with her brother, King Eadweard of Wessex, she embarks on a campaign to re-conquer Eastern Mercia (known as the Danelaw) from the occupying Danes. However, she must first deal with the threats from the ambitious Viking King in the North as well as the Welsh across the River Severn. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe is aided by her nephew and a thegn called Wynnstan. The latter has his own problems to deal with. He is devastated when a close friend betrays him and rapes his wife. She refuses to give up the resulting baby and, possessed by anger and despair, he sets off to join  thelflӕd as she invades the Danelaw. He's determined to end the desolation he suffers and die in battle but his friends are equally determined to save him from himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this second instalment of four novels about the creation of England in the tenth Century, H A Culley brings Anglo-Saxon England, the political intrigue, the suffering of ordinary people and the incessant warfare that characterised the period, vividly to life.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 310\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43820730187911,"sku":"9798754947337","price":18.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5Jr4pO3Dst9798754947337.webp?v=1770429034","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/conquest-of-the-danelaw-the-birth-of-england-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}