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Why Alfred Burned the Cakes - A King and His Eleven-hundred-year Afterlife (Paperback)
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Why Alfred Burned the Cakes - A King and His Eleven-hundred-year Afterlife (Paperback)
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For a long time, the legend of the burnt cakes was one of dozens of
stories that were associated with the King and his time, from
disguising himself as a minstrel to introducing the jury system.
Alfred's historical achievements - saving his kingdom from
invasion, attempting both to expand and educate his realm - and the
way his story was told from the beginning, combined to make him the
founding mythic figure of England. In stripping away the myths,
historians have left an Alfred whose place in the popular
imagination has all but vanished. This book attempts to recover a
popular Alfred, understanding how he came to be 'Great' and how
much myth had to do with that.
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