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AoH Fiction Book of the Month: MJ Porter on King of Kings

AoH Fiction Book of the Month: MJ Porter on King of Kings

The author discusses the historical inspiration, characters, and research behind King of Kings, and explores the rich, often overlooked world of 10th-century Saxon England.

King of Kings begins the Brunanburh series, which recreates the events that led to the mighty battle of Brunanburh, and it’s aftermath. Why was this story so appealing? There are rare moments in the history of Saxon England where we seem to have a lot of information...

King of Kings: ‘England’ in the 10th Century

King of Kings: ‘England’ in the 10th Century

An overview of the political and territorial complexity of 10th-century Britain, tracing the emergence of a unified England under Athelstan.

The 10th century sees the creation of what we would recognise as ‘England’ – the combining of the Saxon kingdoms of Wessex with Mercia, with the additions of Kent, the kingdom of the East Angles, the Danish Five Boroughs, and the kingdom of York, and also the...