Dr Michael Livingston

Never Greater Slaughter

Brunanburh and the Birth of England

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Featuring a foreword by Bernard Cornwell, a fascinating study of one of the most significant conflicts in the long history of the British Isles, in a battle that secured Englandâ s future as an independent, unified kingdom.

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Produktdetails

• Osprey Publishing
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 127mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 190g
• ISBN-13: 9781472849380
• ISBN-10: 1472849388
• Artikelnr.: 63245086

Autorenporträt

Michael Livingston

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Bernard Cornwell
Preface
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Introduction: A Field of Death, 937
1. The Birth of England, to 865
2. The Vikings Arrive, 837-66
3. Alfred and the Viking Conquest, 866-99
4. The Gathering Storm, 900-24
5. The Rise of Athelstan, 924-34
6. The Great Alliance, 934-37
7. Reconstructing Battles
8. The Search for Brunanburh
9. The Ships and the Saga
10. The Day England Came of Age, 937
11. Wirral Archaeology
12. England, Come of Age
Appendix: Objections and Alternate Sites
Suggested Reading and Acknowledgements
Endnotes
Index