SEASON 1: The Danish Conquest of England

EPISODE 2: The Battle of Maldon, 991

It’s 991 in the marshes of Maldon. Ealdorman Byrhtnoth faces a brutal Viking force—likely led by the future king of Norway, Olaf Tryggvason—gathered on Northey Island. Undermanned but undeterred, Byrhtnoth has a plan. A brilliant one. But will it be enough to drive the raiders back into the sea?

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SEASON 1: The Danish Conquest of England

EPISODE 1: The Saxon & the Viking

In 991, as Vikings ravage Europe and empires clash from Iberia to Anatolia, a band of Norse raiders land on England’s southeastern coast. In a small Essex village near the North Sea, one Saxon noble rallies his countrymen for a battle that—quietly but profoundly—shifts the course of English and Western history.

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