Last Argument of Kings signs off the trilogy on a high, interspersing breathless skirmishes with thriller-like moments; it seemingly ends some way before the last page, but then we enjoy an ...

A Toilet Helps Identify the Lost Residence of Last Anglo-Saxon King of England Discover how a research team identified a 10th century hall that King Harold used during the Norman Conquest.

The last Anglo-Saxon King of England Harold Godwinson (Harold II) ruled for only nine months in 1066 before he was killed in the critical Battle of Hastings.

War is the last argument of sovereignty: To fight for things essential to national honor and self-preservation—when surrender is never an option. But mediation is a wise preliminary choice.

By the 910s Edward was strong enough to embark on the military conquest of the Midlands and East Anglia, enforcing southern English rule over the lands up to the Humber. The tide had turned.

In English, it translates to “ The Last Argument of Kings, ” a sordid reminder of the last resort of diplomacy.

Conquest of Wessex Kings: Go Further Books Anglo-Saxon England by FM Stenton (Oxford, 1943 and later editions). A classic text. The Anglo Saxons by J Campbell (Phaidon, 1982). Wonderfully illustrated.