Brunanburh And The Routes To Dingesmere: A Battle For England Fought On The Wirral - Softcover

Capener, D H

 
9781790334209: Brunanburh And The Routes To Dingesmere: A Battle For England Fought On The Wirral

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937 AD. For the first time the English, as a nation, stand together to face an invading army near a place known as Brunanburh. Under their king, Æthelstan, they face a combined Norse and Scots army. From the initial landing of the invaders to their final destruction, the author leads us to the battlefield around Bruna's burh. The location and structure of this feature along with the size of the two armies is laid out in the geography of the Wirral.From the battlefield to the feature known as Dingesmere we can follow the routes of the defeated Norse coalition.The journey along the routes to Dingesmere will challange the reader to look at this battle, its location and the size of the two armies involved in a new light and the reader's journey starts with a battle, a battle for England, and the battle was fought on the Wirral.

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