Penda, Mercia's First King: The Last Great Heathen Warlord of Anglo-Saxon England

by Paul Barrett

Since the Venerable Bede wrote his iconic Ecclesiastic History of England in the eighth century, King Penda has been relegated to the role of villain and treated as a barrier to advancement in a battle between new ideas and a new culture. Paul Barrett outlines the background to the Anglo-Saxon takeover in England and explores the broad concepts of the Angles' traditional culture, before delving into the life of Penda (605 - 655). Penda's life spanned...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1036102564
• ISBN13: 9781036102562
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 256 Pages