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That's Better H-E-L-P. dot com slash History-E-N-G. Hello everyone and welcome to the history of England episode 6 the Mikhail Heathan Heera, the Great Ethan Army.

Last time we heard about Athlewolf, a not inconsiderable king, an epithet which sounds very much in the style of Celer and Yeatman.

I'm very proud.

We heard how, with the help of his lads, Etherwolf was actually pretty successful in holding back the growing Viking tide,

defeating the largest invasion yet in 851.

Now, no one was pretending that the successes of 851 were expected to be the end of the affair

but it's signal that things were hairy but manageable

manageably hairy in 8, the Vikings were back, with an ominous development when the

Viking army stayed over winter at the Isle of Sheppy. That's in the mouth of the Thames.

Although there is no information about what they did during the winter,

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