The Dragon & The Raven: The Days of King Alfred and the Viking Invasion - Audio Book

The Dragon & The Raven:
The Days of King Alfred and the Viking Invasion
Total listening time: 7 Hours, 40 Minutes

Setting: AD 870-901; Viking Invasion of England and France

Story: The Saxons and Vikings fought many fierce battles in Britain in the 8th and 9th centuries. During the struggle, 23-year-old Alfred ascended the throne and temporarily beat back the pagan hordes and concluded a peace treaty. Following another war in 878, peace was again achieved; the Danish King Guthrum accepted Christianity and withdrew to East Anglia, and Alfred the Great fortified cities, built a navy, codified laws, and revived learning among the Saxons until his death in A.D. 900. The hero is a Saxon thane named Edmund who joins the forces of King Alfred, fighting the Danes on land and in their own element, the sea, in his ship The Dragon. Carried by storms to the shores of Norway, he defeats Sweyn the Viking in single combat, takes part in the siege of Paris on behalf of the Franks, and tracks down his nemesis in order to rescue the Danish maiden he will later marry.

CHAPTER
TIME
1.
The Fugitives
25:40
2.
The Battle of Kesteven
23:48
3.
The Massacre at Croyland
30:04
4.
The Invasion of Wessex
24:51
5.
A Disciplined Band
23:18
6.
The Saxon Fort
24:15
7.
The Dragon
23:43
8.
The Cruise of The Dragon
25:10
9.
A Prisoner
24:32
10.
The Combat
26:33
11.
The Isle of Athelney
26:29
12.
Four Years of Peace
16:00
13.
The Siege of Paris
25:00
14.
The Repulse of the Norsemen
25:21
15.
Friends in Trouble
24:09
16.
Freda
26:19
17.
A Long Chase
23:52
18.
Freda Discovered
17:52
19.
United
22:52

Total Time: 7 Hours, 40 Minutes


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