Down with the Dirty Danes!

<p>An hilarious story told in letter form about King Alfred - he who burnt the cakes and his battles with the Vikings.</p><p>Berwin son of Egfrith writes to Wulfric son of Elred using his miraculous new talent of reading and writing. Berry's spellings leave a lot to be desired and in his hilarious letters he tells a tale of mixups and mayhem when King Alfred hides in his family's cottage but is mistaken for a Dirty Dane - their word for the Vikings. A completely new perspective on why and how those cakes got burned!</p><p>Fast and very very funny from the prize-winning author of The Demon Headmaster and other books.</p>