Never Greater Slaughter Paperback

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KeynoteFeaturing a foreword by Bernard Cornwell and now available in paperback, NeverGreater Slaughter is a fascinating study of one of the most significant conflicts inBritish history, where Athelstan, king of England, defeated an alliance of the Vikingand Celtic Kings in a battle that secured England’s future as an independent, unifiedkingdom.Description‘No one has done more than Michael Livingston to revive memories of the battle, andyou could not hope for a better guide.’ BERNARD CORNWELL Bestselling author ofThe Last Kingdom seriesLate in AD 937, four armies met at Brunanburh. On one side stood the shield-wall of theexpanding kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons. On the other side, a remarkable alliance ofrival kings – at least two from across the sea – who had come together to destroy theAnglo-Saxons once and for all. The stakes were no less than the survival of the dreamthat would become England. The armies were massive. The violence, when it began,was enough to shock a violent age.Brunanburh may not today have the fame of Hastings, Crécy or Agincourt, butgenerations later it was still called, quite simply, the ‘great battle’. For centuries now, itslocation has been lost but after an extraordinary effort, uniting enthusiasts, historians,archaeologists and linguists the location of these bloodied fields may well have beenidentified.This groundbreaking new book tells the story of this remarkable discovery and delvesinto why and how the battle happened. Most importantly, though, it is about the men whofought and died at Brunanburh, and how much this forgotten struggle can tell us aboutwho we are and how we relate to our past.Sales and Marketing HighlightsThe battle of Brunanburh is one of the most significant battles of EarlyMedieval English history, and this new study includes groundbreaking newresearch on the location of the battle.This battle provides the culmination of Bernard Cornwell’s The Last Kingdombook series. This series is heavily influenced by Michael Livingston’sresearch and Cornwell has written the foreword for this title.Fantastic opportunities to promote the book at re-enactment events such asThe Wirral Viking Festival.