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Justin Pollard surmises that the remains of the greatest Anglo-Saxon king are probably still in Winchester, scattered in the topsoil somewhere between a car park and a row of Victorian houses. His emerald-studded crown fared no better. It survived until the seventeenth century, when, so it is said, the wretched Puritans who ruled England after the Civil War prised out the stones and melted down the gold.

Winchester is still Alfred’s town. Many of the property lines in the old city’s heart are those laid out by his surveyors. The bones of many of his family lie in stone boxes in the cathedral that replaced his minster, and his statue stands in the town centre, burly and warlike, though in truth he was sick all his life, and his first love was not martial glory, but religion, learning and the law. He was indeed Alfred the Great, but in this tale of England’s making his dream has not yet come true, so Uhtred must fight again.

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Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Place Names

Map

The Royal Family of Wessex

Part One

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Part Two

Six

Seven

Eight

Part Three

Nine

Ten

Part Four

Eleven

Twelve

Thirteen

Historical Note

Copyright

About the Publisher

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Place Names

Map

The Royal Family of Wessex

Part One

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Part Two

Six

Seven

Eight

Part Three

Nine

Ten

Part Four

Eleven

Twelve

Thirteen

Historical Note

Copyright

About the Publisher

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Place Names

Map

The Royal Family of Wessex

Part One

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Part Two

Six

Seven

Eight

Part Three

Nine

Ten

Part Four

Eleven

Twelve

Thirteen

Historical Note

Copyright

About the Publisher