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.
The history and culture of the Vikings from the 7th to the 13th centuries, including see-through scenes of a Viking townhouse, a dragon ship, a ship burial, and a stave church.