WillToday, I learned about Cadwallon. This guy was a bad ass.
The book:
Penda, Mercia's First King: The Last Great Heathen Warlord of Anglo-Saxon England
by Paul Barret, 2024
#EarlyAngloSaxon
A thoroughly researched work that can be a bit tedious reading unless you are into this type of detailed history (like me). The author does a LOT of speculating but it is done with intelligence and a lot of research.
The beer (actually a cider):
Dry Apple Hard Cider
Bend Cider Co.
Bend, Oregon, Cascadia
An excellent, very affordable dry cider.
