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Æthelflæd: Lady of the Mercians
Æthelflæd: Lady of the Mercians
Æthelflæd: Lady of the Mercians
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The true story of the Lady of the Mercians.

At the end of the ninth century AD, a large part of what is now England was controlled by the Vikings – heathen warriors from Scandinavia who had been attacking the British Isles for more than a hundred years. Alfred the Great, king of Wessex, was determined to regain the conquered lands but his death in 899 meant that the task passed to his son Edward. In the early 900s, Edward led a great fightback against the Viking armies. He was assisted by the English rulers of Mercia: Lord Æthelred and his wife Æthelflæd (Edward’s sister).

After her husband’s death, Æthelflæd ruled Mercia on her own, leading the army to war and working with her brother to achieve their father’s aims.

Known to history as the Lady of the Mercians, she earned a reputation as a competent general and was feared by her enemies. She helped to save England from the Vikings and is one of the most famous women of the Dark Ages. This book, published 1100 years after her death, tells her remarkable story.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherJohn Donald
Release dateNov 5, 2019
ISBN9781788850568
Æthelflæd: Lady of the Mercians
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Tim Clarkson

Tim Clarkson gained a PhD in medieval history (2003) from the University of Manchester and is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. He is the author of many books on medieval history including Scotland’s Merlin, The Picts: A History, The Makers of Scotland and Aethelflaed: Lady of the Mercians.

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    This book is mis-titled. It's the story of the germanic tribes who became the Anglo-Saxons of Mercia and Wessex in the early medieval period - basically a re-telling of the various versions of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles covering the south and midlands of Britain. Aethelflaed does get a mention here and there but nothing more than could be gleaned from the Chronicles and with no extra analysis of what it might mean to be a female leader of the period. Disappointing.

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