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Filled with drama and action, here is the story of the ninth-century life and times of Alfred—warrior, conqueror, lawmaker, scholar, and the only king whom England has ever called "The Great." Based on up-to-date information on ninth-century history, geography, philosophy, literature, and social life, it vividly presents exciting views of Alfred in every stage of his long career and leaves the reader with a sharply-etched picture of the world of the Middle Ages.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5First published in 1956 this quick light read provides a reasonable primer on the life and achievements of King Alfred, but little more. While it did a reasonable job of recounting the major events of his reign it didn’t really examine his character and some aspects, like his well chronicled illness, are quickly glossed over. The one area where it did provide more detail was on Alfred’s work translating Latin texts into Anglo-Saxon and laying the foundation for an English vernacular prose tradition. I now need to find a more modern detailed biography to fill in the gaps.