Æthelflæd

Tim Clarkson writes a remarkable biography of Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians. He consolidates the few known facts of her life into a concise political history of Anglo-Saxon England. It doesn’t, perhaps, reimagine her story, but he does provide readers with a wonderful account of this fascinating woman.

Æthelflæd, daughter of the Anglo-Saxon king Alfred the Great, must unite her people against domestic rebels and foreign incursions in this meticulously-researched and vibrantly-written novel.