Description
'Immediate and personal' Bestselling author Matthew Harffy
'No lover of Dark Age warfare is going to be disappointed. Son of Mercia is personal, real, fascinating and satisfying.' S.J.A. Turney
'If you love history, fiction, adventure and great stories, grab a copy of Son of Mercia. You won't regret it!" Eric Schumacher
Tamworth, Mercia AD825.
The once-mighty kingdom of Mercia is in perilous danger.
Their King, Beornwulf lies dead and years of bitter in-fighting between the nobles, and cross border wars have left Mercia exposed to her enemies.
King Ecgberht of Wessex senses now is the time for his warriors to strike and exact his long-awaited bloody revenge on Mercia.
King Wiglaf, has claimed his right to rule Mercia, but can he unite a disparate Kingdom against the might of Wessex who are braying for blood and land?
Can King Wiglaf keep the dragons at bay or is Mercia doomed to disappear beneath the wings of the Wessex wyvern?
Can anyone save Mercia from destruction?
'MJ Porter recounts a sensitive, reluctant hero's coming-of-age within a Dark Age realm riven by chaos and conflict' Bestselling author Matthew Harffy
'Refreshing... I was reluctant to put the book down' Historical Novel Society
Readers are spell-bound by Son of Mercia!:
'So real I felt I was there!... A page-turner' Reader review
'Wonderful to read and hard to put down' Reader review
'I found the pages flying by... A great book' Reader review
About the Author
MJ Porter is the author of many historical novels set predominantly in Seventh to Eleventh-Century England, and in Viking Age Denmark. Raised in the shadow of a building that was believed to house the bones of long-dead Kings of Mercia, meant that the author's writing destiny was set.
Book Information
ISBN 9781802807509
Author MJ Porter
Format Paperback
Page Count 522
Imprint Boldwood Books Ltd
Publisher Boldwood Books Ltd
Series The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles
