num_pages: 198
description: In England in the eighth century, Offa ruled Mercia, one of the strongest Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. For over 30 years he was the dominant warlord in the territory south of the Humber and the driving force behind the expansion of Mercias power. Yet the true story of Offas long reign and of the rise and fall of Mercia are little known although this is one of the most intriguing episodes in this little-recorded phase of Englands past.
language: English
title: Offa and the Mercian Wars: The Rise and Fall of the First Great English Kingdom
publisher: Pen and Sword Military