Alfred the Great.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1956
Place of publication: [Chicago]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
Subjects: Alfred, King of England, 849-899; Anglo-Saxons -- England -- Wessex -- Kings and rulers -- Biography; Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography; Great Britain -- History -- Alfred, 871-899
Description: This book recreates the life of the ninth-century English king, scholar, warrior and lawmaker. It has three aims: to do what it may in spreading among us the knowledge of this king who did so much for his England and his world; to place him in his setting -- Saxon, Celtic, and Continental; and to build his story on simple lines, which rest nevertheless upon a foundation suggested by the sources given at its close. - Foreword.