In his darkest hour, hiding in the depths of the Somerset marshes in 878 AD, King Alfred devises a scheme to save his kingdom from the Vikings threatening to overwhelm the country.
Follow this epic tale set in medieval England and see how King Alfred laid the foundations for a united country, and the tenth-century Anglo-Saxon Renaissance..
To help with this, Alfred gathers a small band of brilliant foreign scholars in his court, chief among them John the Old Saxon.
His spectacular success, beginning with the triumphant battle of Ethandun, involves creating a sense of nation among his subjects.
In his darkest hour, hiding in the depths of the Somerset marshes in 878 AD, King Alfred devises a scheme to save his kingdom from the Vikings threatening to overwhelm the country