Why Alfred burned the cakes : a king and his eleven-hundred-year afterlife
Horspool, David, 1971-2006
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Alfred was the only monarch to be voted a 'great Briton' in a recent BBC poll. David Horspool shows how the Alfred of myth and history are inextricably linked. Alfred's historical achievements combine with the myth to restore a 'popular' Alfred, the only British king to be called 'great'.
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London : Profile, 2006.
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[x], 228 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781861977861 (hbk)1861977867 (hbk)
Dewey class:
942'.0164'092
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English
BRN:
230615
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