Table of Contents

The "Beowulf" manuscript; the question of the poem's origin; "Beowulf" and the Old English royal pedigrees; the royal name "Hrodmund"; Wuffings and Wulfings; East Anglia and the making of "Beowulf".

Reviews

A thoroughly plausible scenario for the poet's interest in affairs long ago and far away
*TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT*

Persuasive ... exciting.
*MICHAEL WOOD*

Cogent and fascinating attempt to place Beowulf in an 8c East Anglian context - an important book.
*Andy Orchard Toronto*