Download or read book The Battle of Maldon written by Janet Cooper and published by Bloomsbury Continuum. This book was released on 1993 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Maldon in 991, fought at Northey Island in Essex, both inspired the most important Anglo-Saxon poem after Beowulf and has itself been the subject of extensive historical investigation and speculation. The Battle of Maldon: Fiction and Fact brings together specially commissioned essays by leading literary, archaeological and historical scholars to provide a rounded an detailed account of the battle based on the most recent scholarship.