VIKING GREAT ARMY AND THE MAKING OF ENGLAND (PB)

Drawing on the most up-to-date discoveries and the latest scientific techniques, the authors’ recent research at the Viking Great Army’s winter camp at Torksey in Lincolnshire has revolutionized what we know about its size, activities, and social makeup. Unfolding like a great detective story, this account traces the movements of the Great Army across the country between AD 865 and 878, and the power politics that would ultimately see the rise of King Alfred the Great and make Wessex the pre-eminent kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England.