title: Oswald: Return of the King (The Northumbrian Thrones)
author:  Edoardo Albert 
description: Edoardo Albert is a copywriter, editor and writer of short stories, features and books. His stories have appeared in Daily Science Fiction and Ancient Paths, and he has written features for Time Out, TGO and History today. He was the editor of the Time Out Cycle London Guide. He is the author of Northumbria: a lost Kingdom (History Press), The Northumbrian Thrones series (Lion Fiction), and London: A Spiritual History (Lion Books).
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  WARRIOR OF WODEN
  
  
  Matthew Harffy
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [About this Book](part0002.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [About the Author](part0075.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Table of Contents](part0003.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [About Warrior of Woden](part0003.xhtml#sRdLoskWQMKDWLogR9B2KQ4295)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Oswald has reigned over Northumbria for eight years and Beobrand has led the
  king to ever greater victories. Rewarded for his fealty and prowess in battle,
  Beobrand is now a wealthy warlord, with a sizable warband. Tales of Beobrand’s
  fearsome black-shielded warriors and the great treasure he has amassed are
  told throughout the halls of the land.
  
  
  Many are the kings who bow to Oswald. And yet there are those who look upon
  his realm with a covetous eye. And there is one ruler who will never kneel
  before him.
  
  
  When Penda of Mercia, the great killer