Bloodfeud: Murder and Revenge in Anglo-Saxon England

In March 1016 Earl Uhtred of Northumbria was ambushed and brutally murdered by a rival magnate with the full collusion of Englands ruthless new ruler, King Canute setting in motion a sixty-year cycle of violence, treachery, slaughter and revenge. In this gripping work of historical detection, Richard Fletcher sheds light on the Anglo-Saxon world, bringing to life characters such as Ethelred the Unready and William the Conquerer.