By Justin Hill
The 12 months is 1016 and England burns whereas the Viking armies blockade the good urban of London. King Ethelred lies death and the britain he knew dies with him; the warring kingdoms of Mercia, Wessex and Northymbria tremble on the point of nice swap. One guy lives to undergo witness to the upheaval: Godwin, slightly out of boyhood and destined to develop into certainly one of his country's nice warriors. while Ethelred's son Edmund takes the throne, made up our minds to be triumphant the place his father failed, he plucks Godwin from household peace to be right-hand guy in his unswerving protect wall. Godwin needs to traverse the meadows, wintry forests and fogbound marshes of Saxon England, elevating armies of clergymen, ploughmen and shepherds opposed to the Viking invader. With epic braveness and ferocity, Godwin and Edmund repel the butchering Danes in 3 nice battles. yet an outdated enemy, the treacherous Earl Eadric, canines Godwin's footsteps, and because the ultimate conflict ways, round the valiant English the capture starts to shut.
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