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Alfred the Great (Paperback)
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Alfred the Great (Paperback)
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List price R387
Loot Price R315
Discovery Miles 3 150
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Alfred is the only English king ever to be called 'Great'. It was
not a title given by political supporters, not the sycophantic gift
of an official biographer, nor a self-styled title. It was the gift
of history. Justin Pollard's enthralling, authoritative account
befits Alfred - a soldier, a scholar and statesman like no other in
English history. His rule spanned troubled times. His shores were
under constant threat from Viking marauders and he faced turmoil at
home. Soon after he began his rule a conspiracy erupted and he was
hounded out of his kingdom into solitary exile in forests and fens.
But his ambition was not felled by adversity. Alone in this damp,
dangerous, half-world of bogs and quicksand Alfred looked within
and found the motivation to create a new type of nation. Drawing on
the latest historical, textual and archaeological research Justin
Pollard radically reassesses the key moments in Alfred's life. He
offers a new interpretation of what caused this most remarkable
king to begin the formation of England and how it coloured the
subsequent history of the Western World down to the present day.
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