The House of Wolf

''George RR Martin meets Terry Pratchett'' OBSERVER ***NOW A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER IN HARDBACK*** Sir Tony Robinson - actor, presenter, historical expert and star of Blackadder and Time Team - makes his adult fiction debut with this earthy, entertaining and gloriously witty recreation of the Anglo-Saxons, Alfred the Great, and the making of England. ''A page-turner full of historical intelligence, wit and heart'' DAN JONES ''Brings the Anglo-Saxon world riotously to life'' S.J PARRIS ''Entirely brilliant, a story and world vividly evoked'' KATE WILLIAMS ''Every bit and wise, witty and entertaining as you would expect from one of our greatest storytellers'' MARK BILLINGHAM ______ Rome Father Asser is waiting to die. His idealism has landed him in a papal prison on trumped-up charges of heresy, until salvation arrives in an unexpected form.