Maldon: A Version

Maldon is a version of the Anglo-Saxon epic fragment, The Battle of Maldon, which tells the tale of a battle between the Anglo-Saxons and the invading Vikings which took place ca. 991 AD on the shores of the River Blackwater, Essex, almost certainly opposite Northey Island.

"Smith's version of 'Maldon' preserves nicely a ghost of the alliterative pattern that rumbles through the original, without trying to reproduce it fully in a clog-dance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848616538
• ISBN13: 9781848616530
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Shearsman Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"