{"product_id":"englaland-9780992958145","title":"Englaland","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the battle of Brunanburh, when Æthelstan''s army defeated an invading alliance of Scots, Irish, Britons and Norse, the Viking mercenary Egil Skallagrimsson extemporised a panegyric for the English and their king.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnglaland\u003c\/em\u003e is a stunning re-imagining of Skallagrimsson''s song, an unapologetic and paradoxical affirmation of a bloody, bloody-minded and bloody brilliant people. Danish huscarls, Falklands war heroes, pit-village bird-nesters, aging prize-fighters, flying pickets, jihadi suicide-bombers and singing yellowhammers parade through the book in an incendiary combination, rising to the challenge of the skald''s affirmation: you are the people in the land; know you are the people; know it is your land.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteve Ely\u003c\/strong\u003e lives in the Osgoldcross wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire. His first collection, \u003cem\u003eOswald''s Book of Hours\u003c\/em\u003e, was nominated for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection in 2013 and the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry in 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smokestack Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406612963671,"sku":"9780992958145","price":8.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780992958145.jpg?v=1730496495","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/englaland-9780992958145","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}