“What happens to you, Uhtred, is what you make happen. You will grow, you will learn the sword, you will learn the way of the shield wall, you will learn the oar, you will learn to give honor to the gods, and then you will use what you have learned to make your life good or bad.” “I want Bebbanburg,” I said.
This story is one of ambition of men from different ideologies Ragnar’s to conquer England, Alfred’s to unite England, and Uhtred’s for Bebbanburg