GUTHRUM - Part 3
Edmund's Kingdom Series
The two Northumbrian kings, Osburght of Bernicia and Alle, of Diera to the south continue to fi ght a civil war thinking they would have fair warning if the Viking oarsmen sail north up the snaking river Ouse. Neither had foreseen the change in tactics. With horses the journey was swift and York fell to the Viking oarsmen.
Will the Viking commanders be able to withstand a siege? Edmund and the East Anglians watch from a distance as one of the Viking kings, Guthrum, rises to power. His former battle partner and blood brother, Lee's husband, resists the call to join him. Lee bravely tries to bind Guthrum to Edmund's side but another troubled oarsman king, who is secretly seeking his lost brother, confounds her plans. Kingdoms shudder and kings fall.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 866 "The army went from East Anglia over the Humber's mouth to York in Northumbria. There was great discord in this people amongst themselves ...