In 877 a coordinated Viking assault led by Guthrum and Ubba nearly trapped Alfred of Wessex in a devastating pincer movement. This chapter traces the storm that shattered a fleet, the winter strike at ...

Abducted by a Viking warlord after his father is slain in battle, young Uhtred adopts the Norse way of life until tragedy befalls his new family. Caught between his scheming uncle Ælfric and pitiless ...