Life in seventh-century Northumbria was a challenge. Boys were brought up to take over their father’s trade and then expected to carry on the family business. But, when the king demands all men and boys respond to his call to arms and fight a war...

The Rebel Scribes is a fascinating historical novel depicting two Anglo-Saxon monks who are brothers in the time of King Aethelred of England. John Broughton tells the tale of Folcwin and his brother Aelfwynn, orphaned when Viking raiders attack their village and kill their parents....