Wulf The Saxon: A Story of the Norman Conquest

Although aimed at a younger audience, “Wulf the Saxon” is certainly readable for adults, too.

While the narrative is engaging, it does lack emotion. For example, when a young man loses an arm, he acts no more bothered than if he’d lost a worn-out glove.

Also, you rarely feel what the characters feel during intense moments. They discuss what they’ll do, tell other people what they’ve done, and everyone praises Wulf to the high heavens, but rarely do we sense what anyone’s feeling.

The battle scenes are good in terms of description, though once again, we don’t get inside anyone’s head during a fight; we don’t see it from their perspective whilst it’s happening. They talk about afterwards, but this isn’t the same show more thing.

So, while it lacks the emotional side of things, this is nonetheless a decent account of a young warrior’s experiences in the build-up to the Battle of Hastings, of the battle itself, and of the aftermath. show less

Return to the days of the Norman invasion of England and fight alongside a nobleman serving the last of England's Anglo-Saxon monarchs. Wulf of Steyning, a Saxon thane loyal to King Harold Godwinson, boldly captures a castle in the Welsh wars, risks his life to rescue his shipwrecked sovereign, and combats Norsemen at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. Wulf and his comrades resolutely stand by King Harold in a series of adventures that climax at the Battle of Hastings.

Unfinished. Good history, dull story telling.

A story of the Norman Conquest of England.
Originally published in 1894.