Excerpt from Alfgar the Dane, or the Second Chronicle of �scendune: A Tale of the Days of Edmund Fronside Yet the Author has distinctly felt th at fiction must always, in such cases, be subordinate to truth, and that it is only legitimately used as a vehicle of instruction when it fills up the gaps in the outline, without contra dicting them in any respect, or interfering with their due order and sequence. Therefore he has attempted in every instance to consult such original authorities as lay within his reach, and has ...
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Excerpt from Alfgar the Dane, or the Second Chronicle of �scendune: A Tale of the Days of Edmund Fronside Yet the Author has distinctly felt th at fiction must always, in such cases, be subordinate to truth, and that it is only legitimately used as a vehicle of instruction when it fills up the gaps in the outline, without contra dicting them in any respect, or interfering with their due order and sequence. Therefore he has attempted in every instance to consult such original authorities as lay within his reach, and has done his best to present an honest picture of the times. The period selected on the present occasion is full of the deepest interest. The English and the Danish invaders of their soil were struggling desperately for the possession of England - a struggle aggravated by religious bitterness, and by the sanguinary nature of the Danish creed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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