The Thames Valley 878-80 AD
The Thames Valley 878-80 ADHaving seen off Guthrum’s large army, King Alfred learnt that another similar force had arrived with many longships in the Thames, to his dismay.
“Luckily, I did not send Faruin earlier,” he told Deormund. “He is still sailing towards Kent; otherwise, he would have been overwhelmed. Look here!” Without further comment, his hand moved in an arc over a chart to London, where it hovered before settling on Fulham. “Here, we have a vast fleet of Norsemen arrived from their homeland. My spies inform me that these Vikings have contacted the Viking army farther upstream, north of the river.” The king looked up at John with an expression of loathing in his eyes. “You can see what this means for my Kingdom, Brother John.”
“Ay, Sire, situated
