This unified northern and southern Northumbria under Uhtred’s rule — but his loyalty to the English king would soon be tested. In The Last Kingdom, Uhtred of Bebbanburg fights for Alfred the ...

In 870 AD the Danes attacked the only remaining independent Anglo-Saxon kingdom, Wessex, whose forces were commanded by Alfred's older brother, King Aethelred, and Alfred himself. In 871 AD ...

King Alfred the Great rebuilt his kingdom from Somerset - we re-trace his steps. In January 878 AD, Alfred, king of Wessex, was on the verge of disaster. He had been ambushed and nearly killed by ...

Britain, early-10th century AD. Edward, King of Wessex, Mercia and East Anglia has died, creating a power vacuum in the kingdom. Vying to be king are Aethelstan and Aelfweard, both sons of Edward ...

Leading the West Saxon forces was King Æthelred, and his younger brother, the future Alfred the Great ... real Heahmund lived in the 9th century in Wessex, and was first ordained Bishop of ...