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The Last Viking by MJ Porter

12 March 2024 By Editor

Jarl Guthrum has been captured after the terrible events in Grantabridge. King Coelwulf knows exactly what he’d like to do to him, but those with calmer heads have other ideas. Baptised and having taken the name of Æthelstan, Guthrum is Mercia’s prisoner, and in the wake of that, Mercia must rebuild. But Jarl Guthrum is […]

Historia Interviews: Giles Kristian

30 November 2016 By Matthew Harffy

The third and final novel in Giles Kristian’s epic Rise of Sigurd series, Wings of the Storm, is published on 1st December. Matthew Harffy chats to Giles about Vikings, the English Civil War, working with a living legend and his past life as a globe-trotting pop star. Wings of the Storm is the concluding novel […]

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