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The Earls of Mercia Side Stories

The Earls of Mercia Side Stories expand the main saga through figures whose lives intersect with Mercia's ruling family and the Danish conquest of England. The books focus on warriors, royal relatives and political survivors including Wulfstan, Sweyn, Cnut and Estrid, providing additional perspectives on war, kinship and power in eleventh-century England and Scandinavia.

Reading order

Books in this series (4 books)

Swein cover

2. Swein

M J Porter

4.4(180)

Before his later encounters with Ealdorman Leofwine, Swein Forkbeard must first establish himself as a ruler in Denmark. Conflict with his father and the need to secure his own following force Swein to prove his authority through warfare, alliance and successful raiding. The story follows the…

Cnut cover

3. Cnut

M J Porter

4.3(223)

To gain what he wanted, what he felt he was owed, he would do anything, even if it meant breaking his oaths to a woman he loved and the mother of his son. Swein, King of Denmark, and briefly England, lies dead, his son ousted from…

Lady Estrid cover

4. Lady Estrid

M J Porter

4.1(318)

Daughter, Sister, Duchess, Aunt. Queen. United by blood and marriage. Divided by seas. Torn apart by ambition. Lady Estrid Sweinsdottir has returned from Kiev, her first husband dead after only a few months of marriage. Her future will be decided by her father, King Swein of…