title: Swords Across the Thames
author: Garwood, Haley Elizabeth
description: Brave, Beautiful and Brilliant, This Warrior Queen Risks Death To Save Her People From the Brutal Vikings
  
  Though Lae's history was removed from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, her story survived because the Irish and Welsh chroniclers, captivated by her courage and military strategy, penned her unique tale.
  
  Lae's military prowess helped save her country, Mercia, from the Vikings and laid the groundwork for the Island to become one strong country that ruled the world for centuries.
  
  Aghast at the order to rear her bastard nephew, Lae learns to love young Stan and rears a king.