#1 – The Earl of Mercia’s Father
Every story has a beginning. England: The Second Viking AgeLeofwine, still recovering from the murder of his father at the Battle of Maldon, must serve his king as England experiences a fresh wave of Viking raider attacks orchestrated by the very man responsible for his father’s…
#2 – The Danish King’s Enemy
And every victory has a cost. Leofwine has done the impossible — convinced his king to face his enemies in open battle, and won. It should be a moment of triumph. It isn't. While Leofwine fought, events elsewhere spiralled beyond control. Olaf Tryggvason of Norway is…
#3 – Northman Part 1
Northman, the eldest son of Ealdorman Leofwine, fostered, at the king’s insistence, by Eadric of Mercia, finds himself caught between loyalty to his father and his foster father. Fighting for his sense of self, whilst Viking Raiders vie for the English king’s land, he must choose…
#4 – Northman Part 2
Northman, eldest son of Ealdorman Leofwine, husband, father and brother almost snatched a moment of peace when King Swein of Denmark helped himself to the English throne, and Æthelred removed himself to the court of Duke Richard II of Normandy, his brother by marriage. But when…
#5 – The King’s Earl
But Cnut won’t let his most trusted ealdorman go quite so easily. He knows that for his fledgling kingship to survive, he needs the old guard from the previous king’s reign to add legitimacy to his. His new men, the men who’ve followed him from Denmark,…
#6 – The Earl of Mercia
England. A king distracted. A title withheld. A man who refuses to be overlooked. Leofric has done everything asked of him. He has served, fought, and proven himself worthy of his father's earldom. King Cnut knows it. But Cnut's attention is elsewhere. With events beyond England's…
#7 – The English Earl
England, November AD1035. Cnut, the Danish king of England, is dead, his son and chosen heir, Harthacnut, fighting for the survival of Denmark against Magnus, usurper of Cnut’s eldest son’s rule of Norway. Cnut’s Northern Empire of England, Denmark, Norway and Sweden is fragmented and in…
#8 – The Earl’s King
Harald is the King of England. Harthacnut is still embattled against the pretensions of King Magnus of Norway and fighting to keep hold of Denmark. Lady Emma, the Queen Dowager, is in exile with Count Baldwin in Bruges, while Earl Godwine has accepted that Harald is…
#9 – Viking King
Furious that his despised half-brother was given the crown on the death of their shared father, a relationship he denies, Harthacnut vows to take his revenge on the English and their earls in any way he can. Earl Godwine earns the king’s greatest enmity, but Earl…
#10 – The English King
England, June AD 1042. The last of King Cnut’s sons is dead. England is once more without a king, but Harthacnut, with an eye to the future, made it clear before his death that Edward was to rule after him, an English king, of the House…
#11 – The King’s Brother
The kingdom is fracturing — and the House of Leofwine stands alone. King Edward has tied himself to the House of Godwine — rewarding his wife's brother Sweyn with an earldom, while the loyal House of Leofwine receives nothing. No reward. No recognition. Only the expectation…