The House of Wolf

Review KK This debut novel by Tony Robinson, of Time Team and Blackadder fame, takes us on a tour of 9th-century Europe: from the Holy Roman Emperor’s royal residence at Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) in Francia, to the home of the Pope in Rome, and on to the kingdom of Wessex in southern England. Fast-paced, full of political intrigue, and focused around an existential battle over what is right versus what is financially beneficial to those in power, this is a book that is very much written to fit the modern zeitgeist. In addition to its central struggle between morality and power, the book touches on myriad themes of interest: religious oppression; the impact of the Viking invasions; con