books.google.co.uk - The kingdom best remembered for Offa and his famous dyke was not only a dominant power on the island of Britain in the eighth century, but also a significant player in early medieval European politics and culture. Although the volume focuses on the eighth and ninth centuries when Mercian power was at...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Mercia.html?id=692KMYcJLO0C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareMercia
