Language: English
Written in: 2010
Published: 2010-07-27
Word count: 7,299 words (≈ 29 minutes)
License: Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike (cc by-nc-sa)
Categorie(s): Fiction, Historical, Action & Adventure, Romance, Historical, Short Stories
Tags: vikings, aydith, hastings, sixth, hearth companion, sweyn forkbeard, anglo saxon, dark ages, lost tales, lost tale of mercia, ancient, England, history, aethelstan
A royal hearth companion named Hastings fights on the front lines of battle for duty and the Golden Cross, but he entertains unrealistic notions of how his mistress, Aetheling Aydith, might reward him.
“The Lost Tales of Mercia” are ten short stories set in England near the end of the Viking Age. They… (more)
In the years surrounding 1000 A.D., the Vikings and their king, Sweyn Forkbeard, constantly attack Engla-lond. A weak king, Ethelred II, rules the...
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