The edge on the sword
By: Rebecca Tingle
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780439417969
Subjects: Ethelfled, d. 918 -- Juvenile fiction.; Ethelfled, d. 918 -- Fiction.; Kings, queens, rulers, etc. -- Fiction.; Anglo-Saxons -- Fiction.; Vikings -- Fiction.; Great Britain -- History -- Alfred, 871-899 -- Juvenile fiction.; Great Britain -- History -- Alfred, 871-899 -- Fiction.; Mercia (Kingdom) -- Fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Description: In ninth-century Britain, fifteen-year-old Aethelflaed, daughter of King Alfred of West Saxony, finds she must assume new responsibilities much sooner than expected when she is betrothed to Ethelred of Mercia in order to strengthen a strategic alliance against the Danes.
Notes: Sequel: Far traveler.

Originally published: New York : Putnam, 2001.