Mercia: The Rise and Fall of a Kingdom

by Annie Whitehead

Book Overview

Many people know about Wessex, the 'Last Kingdom' of the Anglo-Saxons to fall to the Northmen, but another kingdom, Mercia, once enjoyed supremacy over not only Wessex, but all of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. At its zenith Mercia controlled what is now Birmingham and London ‒ and the political, commercial paramountcy of the two today finds echoes in the past. Those interested in the period will surely have heard of Penda, Offa, and thelfl d, Lady...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1398103330
• ISBN13: 9781398103337
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 288 Pages