Empty throne

The beginning of the X century. The British lands are threatened by the invasion of warlike Danes, and the combined forces of the kingdoms of Wessex and Mercia with difficulty opposing them. The situation is aggravated with the death of Ethelred, the Lord of Mercia, who did not leave the legal heir. The widow of Ethelred, despite the fact that the custom tells her to go to the monastery, decides to take the reins of government into her own hands. She is supported by the valiant commander Udred Bebbanburgh, but the Mersiyan lords are outraged: where is it visible so that the country is a woman’s rule? Between the Saxons the struggle for an empty throne begins, and in the meantime, a new powerful enemy appears on the northern border. The fate of the English nation hangs in the balance ... The eighth novel from the cycle Saxon chronicles