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King Alfred of England - A Classic Biography of England's Great Saxon King
Hardcover
Biographies GeneralMedieval & Renaissance HistoryFiction Anthologies
ISBN13: 9781515420545
Publisher: SMK Books
Published: Apr 3 2018
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.31 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
King Alfred of England is Jacob Abbott's clear and engaging biography of Alfred the Great, the ninth-century king whose leadership helped preserve Anglo-Saxon England during the Viking invasions. Written in Abbott's characteristically accessible style, the narrative follows Alfred from his early years in Wessex through the crises of Danish conquest, defeat and exile, and his eventual recovery of the kingdom. Abbott presents the major episodes of Alfred's reign-warfare, diplomacy, and reform-while keeping the political landscape of early medieval England intelligible for general readers.
Beyond battles and dynastic struggle, the biography attends to Alfred's enduring significance as a lawgiver, organiser, and patron of learning. Abbott explores the traditions surrounding Alfred's educational revival, administrative consolidation, and efforts to strengthen the kingdom's defences, presenting a portrait of a ruler whose influence extended beyond military survival to cultural renewal.
This SMK Books edition reproduces the complete and unabridged text of Abbott's classic nineteenth-century life of Alfred, offering a readable introduction to one of England's most consequential early kings.
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