This is the true story of the first recorded Viking raid on English soil, at the priory of Lindisfarne in Northumbria in June 793. The devastating Viking attack on the church of St Cuthbert sent a ...

Following King Alfred’s pivotal victory at Edington in 878, the struggle for England was far from over. With Guthrum settled in East Anglia, the threat of renewed Viking attacks loomed large. Alfred’s ...