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Series
The Brunanburh series traces the struggle to create and preserve a united English kingdom under Æthelstan and his successor Edmund. Moving from Æthelstan's accession through the coalition of Scots, Britons and Dublin Norse defeated at Brunanburh, the novels continue into the renewed wars for York and Northumbria after his death. The sequence combines royal politics, shifting alliances and large-scale warfare during the formation of England.
Reading order
AD925 Athelstan is the king of the English, uniting the petty kingdoms of Wessex, Mercia, the Danish-held Five Boroughs and York following the sudden death of his father, King Edward. His vision is to unite the realms of the Scots and the Welsh in a peace…