King Alfred: Burnt Cakes and Other Legends by David Horspool

King Alfred: Burnt Cakes and Other Legends

Profiles in History

David Horspool

240 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
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When the BBC ran a poll in 2001 to name the greatest Briton, Alfred, a ninth-century monarch, was the only king to make the top 20. Also the only English sovereign to be called "the Great," Alfred used to be remembered as much through folklore as ...

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