num_pages: 280
description: The Battle of Maldon in 991, fought at Northey Island in Essex, both inspired the most important Anglo-Saxon poem after Beowulf and has itself been the subject of extensive historical investigation and speculation. The Battle of Fiction and Fact brings together specially commissioned essays by leading literary, archaeological and historical scholars to provide a rounded an detailed account of the battle based on the most recent scholarship.
language: English
title: The Battle of Maldon: Fiction and Fact
titlecomplete: The Battle of Maldon: Fiction and Fact
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Hambledon & London