The unlikely king who saved England. Down swept the Vikings from the frigid North. Across the English coastlands and co
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English Pages xv, 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm Year 2009;2015
Table of contents :
1. Holy Island --
2. Blood Eagle --
3. Battle of Ashdown --
4. Danegeld --
5. Whitsunday and the Battle of Edington --
6. Rebuilding Wessex --
7. Alfred the Wise --
8. Final Test.