John The Old Saxon

<p>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.</p><p>His spectacular success beginning with the triumphant battle of Ethandun involves creating a sense of nation among his subjects. To help with this Alfred gathers a small band of brilliant foreign scholars in his court chief among them John the Old Saxon.</p><p>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.</p>