Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England by Richard P. Abels

Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England

Richard P. Abels

392 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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This biography of Alfred the Great, king of the West Saxons (871-899), combines a sensitive reading of the primary sources with a careful evaluation of the most recent scholarly research on the history and archaeology of ninth-century England. Alf...

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