The story of Aelfred the Great, his war against the Vikings and the foundations of modern Britain. In AD 865, a 'great host' of battle-hardened Norse warriors landed on England's eastern coast, overwhelmed East Anglia with terrifying swiftness and laid the North to waste. Ghosting along estuaries and inshore waters, in 871 they penetrated deep into the southern kingdom of Wessex, ruled over by a new and untested king, �lfred son of ��elwulf. It seemed as though the End of Days was come. Max Adams tells the story of ...
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The story of Aelfred the Great, his war against the Vikings and the foundations of modern Britain. In AD 865, a 'great host' of battle-hardened Norse warriors landed on England's eastern coast, overwhelmed East Anglia with terrifying swiftness and laid the North to waste. Ghosting along estuaries and inshore waters, in 871 they penetrated deep into the southern kingdom of Wessex, ruled over by a new and untested king, �lfred son of ��elwulf. It seemed as though the End of Days was come. Max Adams tells the story of the heroic efforts of �lfred, his successors and fellow-kings of Britain, to adapt and survive in the face of an apocalyptic threat; and in so doing, to lay the foundations of the nations of modern Britain in all their regional diversity.
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Add this copy of Aelfred's Britain War and Peace in the Viking Age to cart. $55.17, good condition, Sold by Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dulverton, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2017 by Head of Zeus, 2017. 9781784080303.
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1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (faint spotting on top edge-otherwise near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xviii + 509 with red silk page-marker, illus with b&w maps, b&w photos in text and genealogical tables (no inscriptions).
