757

This is Mercia. The year is 757. A king will fall. A king will rise. But first, civil war will rage.King thelbald's forty-year vice-like rule over Mercia has been rigid. But he lacks a legitimate heir despite his insatiable bedchamber antics.Offa must stand hostage to his family's good behaviour, when his father missteps in removing his mother from thelbald's bed. Shockingly, his younger siste...