242 Edward AEtheling at Farnham

Published: May 12, 2017, 10:53 p.m.

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892 was not a very good year. Alfred\\u2019s gambit to pacify the forces of Hastein through the power of baptism and gifts had failed utterly, and now they were encamped in Benfleet Essex, launching raids into Wessex and (probably) Mercia. And as for the gargantuan fleet of 250 ships to the south at Appledore? It [\\u2026]

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