Mercia : the rise and fall of a kingdom
Whitehead, Annie2018
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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 This book tells the story in its entirety, the story of the great kingdom of the midlands.
Main title:
Mercia : the rise and fall of a kingdom / Annie Whitehead.
Author:
Whitehead, Annie, author
Imprint:
Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2018.
Collation:
288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes QR code.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781445676524 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
942.0157942.015 WHIT
Language:
English
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BRN:
2234683
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