Christine Hancock
Christine Hancock lives in Rugby, Warwickshire and is a long term family historian and leader of her local history group. Byrhtnoth is based on a real warrior who died in the 991 Battle of Maldon, made famous by the Anglo-Saxon poem of that name. Christine was born in Essex and visited Maldon often, and attended the 1000 year anniversary of the battle in 1991. Christine wanted to find out what made Byrhtnoth such a famous warrior, making him an ideal topic for this novel and series.
Christine Hancock lives in Rugby, Warwickshire and is a long term family historian and leader of her local history group. Byrhtnoth is based on a real warrior who died in the 991 Battle of Maldon, made famous by the Anglo-Saxon poem of that name. Christine was born in Essex and visited Maldon often, and attended the 1000 year anniversary of the battle in 1991. Christine wanted to find out what made Byrhtnoth such a famous warrior, making him an ideal topic for this novel and series. See less
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