Much of Chapter II, “The Sword of Kings,” is taken up by the appearance, victorious attack, and ultimate disappearance of a ghost army....

Bede’s work The Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation is one of the primary sources of information on this period of history....

Throughout the story, Anglo-Saxon words are used to flavor the story and add some authenticity to the prose. These are inevitably defined...

The chapters Sunrise on Talford Hill and The Sword of Kings happen in the early 9th century, considerably after the body of the novel –...

Weolund River: The Old English name for the Welland River that borders the old kingdoms of Mercia and East Anglia. The lands to the...

The “Dragon Kingdom” is more fully developed in later chapters. It is based on the Anglo Saxon Kingdom of Mercia when, in the 6th-7th...

Ludeca A historic King of Mercia from 826-827. Little is known of him, and he appears to have come from outside the royal family. He was...

The White Hart is, at its core, a measured mixture of history (Celtic, Romano-British, and Anglo-Saxon), archeological conjecture,...